I’m not blind
look up
there
upon spiralling
warm air
a golden leaf
hovering
like a dove
between
heaven and earth
floating
on a sea of love
there
waiting
a golden angel
forever
faithful
oh, love
aren’t you tired yet
Ivor Steven (c) Jan 2020
Nineteen Steps
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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. View all posts by ivor20
Oh, Ivor, this is so romantic. Beautifully written too.
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Thank you Gabriela, some words from a dream last night….. feeling a bit nostalgic this weekend xx
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It was true romantic dream. I don’t know about this weekend. I feel the same.
Take good care, Ivor.
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The Australia day weekend, and “we” would always have a romantic holiday somewhere quite………xx
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I see 🌸
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As nostalgic as I am, …I’m going out to concert tonight, featuring ‘Taylor Henderson’….. the son of l a lovely lady who help me look after Carole…. I’m sure she’ll be at the show, and hopefully we’ll catch up…..xxx
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Have a great evening, Ivor. Enjoy every minute. Thank you for the clip. I’ll watch it right now.
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I’ll try not too cry too much……..xx
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Please, try.
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There’ll always be a tear….
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🤗
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Beautiful Ivor. and a great Youtube clip as well.
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Oh Ivor! I could never get tired of your words! Beautiful write!
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Thank you Irma…. it was just a little dream….
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such a gentle falling of words, Ivor you write beautiful poetry, always a place to come and be refreshed.
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It was just a little dream, but when I wrote it this morning, I deliberately didn’t use the word “the”, and I surprised myself, with how much emotion I was able to impart, in so few words….
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a subtle play with words made this poem more evocative Ivor
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Yes I agree… it was an interesting ploy and outcome…..
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Marvelous and lovely poem…I’m hushed.
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I Surprised myself… it was just a little dream…. and then I deliberately tried to create a poem without using the word “The”…..
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Oh that’s wonderful–I must try omitting “the” 🙂
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It happened by accident, when I was writing the poem, I didn’t have “the” in the first 5 lines, and then it occurred to me, to keep it going… then I was struggle for a title, funnily enough, the poem is 19 lines, hence “Nineteen Steps”…
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Wow that’s cool!! I have an old poem somewhere that’s titled “17 Steps” 🙂
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Is on your site 🌏
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No, but I’ll try to locate it and post 🙂
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Thank you, 🌏😊
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Found it, will post later in the week 🙂
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Ok, I’ll look for it then 🌏😊
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🙂 🙂
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Hi Ivor, “17 Steps” will post midnight on the 28th. Thank you for your interest 🙂 Hope you’re having a great day!
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Thank you, I shall look forward to your post…..
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Blessings to you 🙂
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A sweet reminder she is always around.
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Aw, very sweet, very romantic. 🙂
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Thank you Sue, I’ve had a late night out, and I’ve not spotted your Weekly Prompt… What is it?.. 12.45am here, I’ve lost both glass slippers, and the Taxi looked like a pumpkin… 😴😴😴
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Well, Cinderella, the prompt is ‘The Bridge’.
You are not supposed to lose both slippers! And you know what happens next don’t you, A handsome prince will come knocking at your door! 😂
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A beautiful poem tribute to your wife and thank you for the video clips blended perfectly with your poem and memories. I hope you had a great evening. Great singer.
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WOOOOOOOWWWWWWW, Ivor! That was such an experience––your photo paired with your gorgeous words and then that beautiful, absolutely mesmerizing video and song!
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Thank you Laura…. It was just a little dream…. then I surprised myself with the wording….. I wrote the poem without using the word “the”….. and the poem ended up quite emotional…. the song is one Leonard Cohen’s most emotional one’s,….. my photo was last night’s sunset….
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I like to believe angels are pure energy, never ‘needing’ to sleep or rest. Maybe they do for fun, 🙂 , not because they have to. 🙂
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I like your energy Colleen xx
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🙂
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So beautiful!
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Thank you Rose…..a nostalgic weekend…….xx
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Those are some of the loveliest of all. You’re welcome, Ivor.
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Oh Rose… you make me smile…… did you notice, in the poem, I didn’t use the word “the”, … a first ever for me,…and it was 19 lines…. hence my ‘Nineteen Steps’….. xx
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I hadn’t! That’s quite a feat to not use “the.” Very cleverly done! Glad I could make you smile. 🙂
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I so appreciate your kindness, and it’s heart-warmly smiley…xx
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Stunning and angelic poetry! Thank you very much for the booklets, Ivor. I’ve been reading your lovely words. 🤗
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I hope the booklets meet your expectations…….
my little poem… was just a little dream…… and an experiment of mine to do a poem without using “the” or “and” … but I ended up with one “and”….. I’ll try again one day…..
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They’re wonderful! Nicely done and thanks for the sweet note.
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I’m so pleased Rose, and you should see the smiles on the ladies faces at my local MS shop, they are always fascinate with my overseas sales, and Everett’s location had them tossed !!…. I told them it was near Seattle….
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Ah, how charming! Tell the ladies they have a talented poet/celebrity in their midst. 😍
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They very kind to me Rose, and they are very interested in my work…..
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We here in this little corner of the world are having a benefit night on the 31st January 2020 to raise funds following the ravages of fire damage in your country, every little helps.
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And so true Chris, every little bit helps…. Sue from Yorkshire way and a group of her friends, are knitting pouches to send over, to help with all the orphaned baby marsupials ….
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The good in the world never gets the promotion it should, don’t start me off on the other!!!
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I won’t wind up Chris, Cheers mate.
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You are a great writer, Ivor. Love reading your stuff especially the pieces you write for your wife.
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Thank you dear Pallavi….. I’m too upset at the the moment…… xxxxxx
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So sorry Ivor. It’s heartbreaking to hear what happened. Courage and strength to the family.
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So beautiful! I got teary-eyed reading it!
The angel is filled with love and devotion and will never tire! 🙂
19 steps = 19 lines of poem ??? or is there another significance to 19 steps. ???
HUGS!!! 🙂
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Yep… !9 Steps = 19 lines…..
I’ve submitted this poem to “Free Verse Revolution”, we see how it goes….
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Love the title! Each and every step an important one! 🙂
YAY for submitting it! Good luck! I’m sure they will love it like we do! 🙂
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I think it’s a good poem, and I actually constructed the poem without using “the”
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