An Old Plumber, An Ex-Carer, An Amateur Poet, Words From The Heart
Another Year Out Of Tune
The Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge is: A New Dawn. and may visit their fabulous by clicking on >> Here and my attached ‘golden poem’ is in response to the prompt
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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56 thoughts on “Another Year Out Of Tune”
That’s just an amazing piece, a beautiful reminder about last year’s hectic moments.
Thank you Felix and indeed it was another unusual and hectic year .. which as I awake to the 2nd day of this new year .. the cloudiness for 2022 is still hovering low and gray
Love the honesty, Ivor! We are at war on so many fronts: racism, violence, covid, pollution, global warming, floods, fires, and massive storms. There are conflicts among nations and between political factions. Truth is under attack on a massive scale, and people don’t know what to believe. The song, “Blowin’ in the Wind,” one of my favorites, is so well chosen for this post!
It is helpful to appreciate the heroes of our time and all the good things in life. It is essential to have hope for the future, but it is not so good to hide our heads in the sand! May 2022 be a better year! 🙂
Thank you Cheryl for your thoughtful card comprehensive comment … and yes these are tough and yet fragile times … we seem to be lingering on a knife edge … but hopefully the situation will improve during our time here …may all the ancient Gods unite and guide us into a sunlit future ..
You’ve captured the past two years…and all of our feels we felt as we lived it. Ivor, your writing and Hozier singing…always perfection to me!
(((HUGS))) 🙂
Ivor.Plumber/Poet 
That’s just an amazing piece, a beautiful reminder about last year’s hectic moments.
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Thank you Felix and indeed it was another unusual and hectic year .. which as I awake to the 2nd day of this new year .. the cloudiness for 2022 is still hovering low and gray
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Quite sad! May God save humanity. 🙏
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yes .. let’s “hope” so
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In a nutshell, that was last year.
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Yes a very broken nutshell Sadje
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Indeed.
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Yes, indeed
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great rhyme that says so much … nice song … may 2022 bring you good health and peace Ivor!
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Let’s hope so Kate .. although things seem confusing at the moment ..
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ha live the life you want Ivor, ignore the political/media hype … they thrive on feeding fear!
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let’s hope we can all get out of the spin and walk on solid ground again
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We’ll have tread carefully Beth
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How do we get it back in tune, Ivor? 🎶 Hope you are enjoying 2022 so far 😊
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The bells are still ringing out tune Ingrid .. and the needle on our broken record seems to be repeating the same scratchy track …
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Fingers crossed things get turned right in 2022.
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Surely 2022 will bring us a turn around. At least we never run out of things to write about.
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At this rate V.J. we might run out of ink !!
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Lol! True!
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What a great description for the past two years.. A year out of tune!
Well done my friend!
Dwight
Happy New year!
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Thank you Dwight .. let’s my next years poem is somewhat different 😊🌏
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I do hope that will be true!
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Happy New Year, my Friend — and Many More!!!
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Thanks Claudia .. we need to change the broken record
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Best wishes for the world.🙏🌷
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Let’s hope so Laleh
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👏🎉🥳❤️
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You said it all, thank you, Ivor. 🙂
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Hopefully it’s not the the same old tune next year
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Thank you for the video, Ivor. Sadly, I can no longer envisage a time where the world will be free again.
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Happy & Healthy New Year Ivor and hopes for a better 2022!
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Let’s hope so Cindy
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awwww so good Ivor and here’s to a whole new year and love and abundance to you!
💖
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Hopefully I can write a new tune next year
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I’ll be waiting!!! 🌷🌷🌷
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Here’s a different tune
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oooh love that too! 💖
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Here’s a song of words for the world to follow ..
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Live your poem Ivor you’ve captured 2021 perfectly 💜
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Love the honesty, Ivor! We are at war on so many fronts: racism, violence, covid, pollution, global warming, floods, fires, and massive storms. There are conflicts among nations and between political factions. Truth is under attack on a massive scale, and people don’t know what to believe. The song, “Blowin’ in the Wind,” one of my favorites, is so well chosen for this post!
It is helpful to appreciate the heroes of our time and all the good things in life. It is essential to have hope for the future, but it is not so good to hide our heads in the sand! May 2022 be a better year! 🙂
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Thank you Cheryl for your thoughtful card comprehensive comment … and yes these are tough and yet fragile times … we seem to be lingering on a knife edge … but hopefully the situation will improve during our time here …may all the ancient Gods unite and guide us into a sunlit future ..
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This resonates! Brilliantly written Ivor 💜
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You’ve captured the past two years…and all of our feels we felt as we lived it. Ivor, your writing and Hozier singing…always perfection to me!
(((HUGS))) 🙂
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Thank you Carolyn … and hopefully I’ll get to write a more cheerful NYD poem at the end of 2022 .. 😀🌏🤗🌞🐶
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PS…
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Love the poem. Hoping this year would be better. Way to go Ivor.
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Thank you Arlene .. hopefully things will get better soon 😊🌏🐶
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Your piece speaks volumes, Ivor! Let’s hope 2022 brings promise for a better world. ✨
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💛💛
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Very nice and thank you for following the my blog
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Enjoy the poem. Happy New year dear.
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Thank you 😊🌏💕😃
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Nice
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Thank you ..
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Let’s hope and pray for a great year in 2022!
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Yes .. we are due for a better year 😊🌏
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