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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49 thoughts on “The Gates of Hell Over Stolen Ground”
Well said, Ivor.
A paranoid dictator has decided that the best form of defence is to attack the neighbours, the innocent people next door, their children, their pets, their homes, and their places of work, their schools and places of worship, whole communities of innocents. What is wrong here is that there was no attack to defend himself from. So, a cowardly action of a man who is afraid of his own shadow.
Yes, yes, yes! “When will they ever learn ….”
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Some where between heaven and hell
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Well said, 🇬🇧🇺🇦
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Thank you Willow ☮️💕🤗🌏
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💜💜💜
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Well said, Ivor.
A paranoid dictator has decided that the best form of defence is to attack the neighbours, the innocent people next door, their children, their pets, their homes, and their places of work, their schools and places of worship, whole communities of innocents. What is wrong here is that there was no attack to defend himself from. So, a cowardly action of a man who is afraid of his own shadow.
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Thank you Sue .. and well said too .. and everyone knows the story.. except Putin !!! ☮️💕🤗🌏
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I think he knows Exactly what he’s doing. 😱💔
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Yes.. and hell … who’s next
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Hell on earth
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Hell.. who’s next …
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The images are soul destroying.
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Sadly so V.J. .. hell … who’s next
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so horrible and devastating
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Hell … who’s next!!!
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I ask you to support my site and I do the same
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This is heavy, Ivor, but such is the weight of current events…
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Yes … hell ..who’s next…
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😢 Painfully expressed. Thank you, Ivor.
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I so wish this horrendous pain would dissipate soon … ☮🌏😥
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So do I. 🙏🕊🇺🇦
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Silently appreciating your poetic expression of a difficult reality _()_
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Thanks Pragalbha … and in reality we are all the pain of this war ..
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Yes, I feel the weight! A very vivid and impactful post, Ivor! ❤
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Yes Cheryl … we are all under that dark cloud … and it’s not dissipating 😥☮🌏
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Oh so heartbreaking
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I’m feeling that way too Sadje
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🥲
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Yes, I feel the weight.
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I think everyone is Colleen ☮️🤗🌏
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Well stated, Ivor!
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Thank you Eugenia ☮️🤗🌏
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❤️
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Oh Ivor such a poem that stokes a cord for all of us right now. Painful truths!💕
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Thanks Cindy… sadness surrounds us and our compassionate emotions are falling on deaf and deadly ears ☮️🥲🌏
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You’re so welcome.💕❤️
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It’s brutal right now there’s no doubt!
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Beyond brutal, … war crimes are happening now
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🥲🥲🥲🙏🙏🙏
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You have described it so sadly and so well Ivor! Hell unleashed in Ukraine!
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I’d rather not be writing about the war Dwight, but sadly the war surrounds my thoughts
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It seems to be in the forefront of everyone!
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Well-written!
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Thank you Roshni
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Heartfelt and poignant words 😥🥰
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Thank you Paul
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Again thank you for your support of posting this anti-war protest poem 🤗☮️🌏
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