An Old Plumber, An Ex-Carer, An Amateur Poet, Words From The Heart
NOW … REiMAGINE, Ekphrastic Poetry At The Foundry Studio & Gallery
The Geelong Writers Inc produced this excellent Chapbook from the Ekphrastic workshop that I attended only Three weeks ago, and a big thank you goes to our President, Guenter Sahr, and our hard working Editor, Victoria Spicer …
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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13 thoughts on “NOW … REiMAGINE, Ekphrastic Poetry At The Foundry Studio & Gallery”
Oh! What a beautiful book of artist’s art and poet’s poetry!
Your contributions are so powerful and ponderful, Ivor!
That is one of my all-time-fave songs…I got to hear Mr. McLean in concert years ago and he sang it…and my tears flowed. 🙂 That night he autographed my American Pie album of his that I’ve had since I was a young-un. 🙂
(((HUGS))) ❤️
Oh wow Carolyn … you have a Don McLean’s autographed album .. that’s truly a sensational and iconic treasure … His song ‘Vincent’ is a great example of “Ekphrastic” being used in the artistic way… between art/painting and art/music/lyrics … and thanks for your wonderful comments Carolyn xxx ((Hugs))
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Beautiful poems Ivor. Congratulations.
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Thank you Sadje.. the Geelong Writers produced a superb Chapbook 😊🌏💕
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I agree. You’re welcome
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Two good ones – a fine tribute and a bit of fun with serious undertones
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Thank you Derrick .. it was a casual and fun venue
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Oh! What a beautiful book of artist’s art and poet’s poetry!
Your contributions are so powerful and ponderful, Ivor!
That is one of my all-time-fave songs…I got to hear Mr. McLean in concert years ago and he sang it…and my tears flowed. 🙂 That night he autographed my American Pie album of his that I’ve had since I was a young-un. 🙂
(((HUGS))) ❤️
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Oh wow Carolyn … you have a Don McLean’s autographed album .. that’s truly a sensational and iconic treasure … His song ‘Vincent’ is a great example of “Ekphrastic” being used in the artistic way… between art/painting and art/music/lyrics … and thanks for your wonderful comments Carolyn xxx ((Hugs))
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That is very cool about “Vincent”! 🙂
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Congrats, Ivor! Excellent poems that convey a message. ❤️
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Thank you Eugenia 💕😊🌏
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You’re welcome, Ivor!
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Congratulations, Ivor: the chapbook looks beautiful!
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Yes … and as with my poems, every poem was accompanied by a coloured photo of their ekphrastic choice ..
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