An Old Plumber, An Ex-Carer, An Amateur Poet, Words From The Heart
Filtering
This little poem I wrote as a ‘comment’ on Colleen’s site (The Chatter Blog) in response to her post today, “Wearing Thin”, and you may visit her article by clicking on this link >> Wearing Thin | The Chatter Blog (wordpress.com)
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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Weβve had a lot of rain lately and itβs been windy, but the weatherβs not bad in Yorkshire this morning. Sunny with light cloud and breeze and a temperature of 6Β°C. π Now I sound like a weather station!
Wonderful write, Wonderful-Ivor! Yes, it suits us best when we learn to separate the good from the bad…then focus on the good! π
Your photo is beautiful!
Lisa’s song is lovely!
(((HUGS))), no bugs or mugs or shrugs or pugs…just (((HUGS))) π
good one!
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Thanks Beth
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nice one!
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Thanks Kate…
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Life has a way of doing that! Nice work Ivor π
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Thank you Ingrid… and Colleen’s articles do evoke my thoughts…
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Quite commendable, Ivor
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Thanks Henry… some experimenting with words…
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Good one! π
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Thanks Sue… how are you going… ππ
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Iβm okay thank you, Just about to have breakfast and begin the day. π
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That’s lovely to hear Sue… enjoy the rest of your day, although I hear the weather is still miserable over there… π
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Weβve had a lot of rain lately and itβs been windy, but the weatherβs not bad in Yorkshire this morning. Sunny with light cloud and breeze and a temperature of 6Β°C. π Now I sound like a weather station!
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Ahh .. hopefully your weather station is getting healthier… ππ
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Haha, it is thank youππ
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A gentle take on life’s lessons and our progress. I really like that photograph tucked in the bottom left of your header. Haunting, tinkling, music
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Yes my header photo was home grown collage, and I always enjoy Lisa Hannigan’s voice..
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Wonderful write, Wonderful-Ivor! Yes, it suits us best when we learn to separate the good from the bad…then focus on the good! π
Your photo is beautiful!
Lisa’s song is lovely!
(((HUGS))), no bugs or mugs or shrugs or pugs…just (((HUGS))) π
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Just ((Hugs)) will do me fine Carolyn… I had a bit of fun making up the photo collage… and of course Lisa is simply superb… πππ
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The filters really do come in handy!
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Good one, Ivor! πΈ
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Thank you Eugenia ππ€
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My pleasure, Ivor!
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Such a lovely lyrical tone to this piece! While it reads quickly, it reads no less deeply.
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Thank you, and do like to play with words in a rhythmical way… haha… it does always work …
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What a clever beautiful poem!
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AKA “wisdom,” which shines through your beautiful poems! β€ Take care, Ivor!
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Thank you Cheryl… I think wisdom improves as we age…
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