G'day, and welcome to my blog site. My name is Ivor Steven, I live in Geelong, Australia. I'm an ex-industrial chemist, and a retired plumber, and a former Carer of my wife(Carole), for 30 years, who suffered from severe MS. I Write poetry about those personal thoughts, throughout and beyond my life as a Carer.
I've been blogging for over 2 years, and writing poems for 19 years. Of course a lot of my poems are about my favourite subject Carole, but since I've been blogging my writings have become quite varied, humourous, mystical, observational, and even a few monster/horror poems.
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29 thoughts on “A Flowering Gum Tree”
Excuse me while I
eucalyptus the sky.
With a lawn to mow
before Christmas day
let it rain ☔.
Stay strong, Ivor.
There is time
to seek the sublime
of the open door.
Beautiful poem, Ivor!
I can’t even imagine all the things the ancient flowering gum-tree has seen in it’s lifetime!
And it continues to remain steadfast. A good lesson in there for human-beans. 🙂
HUGS!!! 🙂
Excuse me while I
eucalyptus the sky.
With a lawn to mow
before Christmas day
let it rain ☔.
Stay strong, Ivor.
There is time
to seek the sublime
of the open door.
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A gloomy day
They’ve got til May
When I meet Kerri
My niece, my courage
She has, SMA
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That’s a rare one. You don’t
hear much about that condition.
In the meantime, keep on Truckin’.
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She’s 32 now
The bravest girl l know
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then you have to equal her braveness, chin up …
hopefully you will soon know something at least 🙂
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Chin is up
Chest is down
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ignite the light in your heart with all your might … she is merely 32 and has weathered more than you 🙂
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I always think her
And I think of Carole
A pair of mirror’s
I always see them shine
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so shine you must also … can”t let the girls beat you Ivor … any news yet?
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I’m actually home xx
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take it easy … can you get a friend to come and stay to do the basics? You seem to only know two speeds, full on and zapped ….
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Haha,, feeling zapped at the moment xxx
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and when that wears off you’ll feel strong as King Kong, do ten jobs then wonder why you’re zapped … please pace yourself …
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I’ll try my friend, I’ve unpacked, and that’s me, zapped xxxx
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😦
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Hoping you are OK Ivor. Wishing you well and hoping things get better soon. Warm wishes to you 🙂💕
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Going home this Fter
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Going home this afternoon, yeah !!
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Wonderful news ivor. In time for Christmas 🙂
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Yes it is good news, hopefully I’ll last longer than the last few times 😆☺️❤️
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Beautiful poem, Ivor!
I can’t even imagine all the things the ancient flowering gum-tree has seen in it’s lifetime!
And it continues to remain steadfast. A good lesson in there for human-beans. 🙂
HUGS!!! 🙂
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Lots of hugs, it’s nice to be home xx
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I bet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂
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Good to know you are back home
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Good to see you back. Take it easy!
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It’s good to be back home
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There’s no way that the world is ready to say goodbye to you Ivor. The world enjoys your poetry!
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I’ll be right my friend, I’ll keep going as long as I’m allowed 😊🤗
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Good attitude 😊💛
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