Featured Image Above: by Derrick Knight > https://derrickjknight.com/2022/06/10/rich-pickings/
The Images below: are from my courtyard ..
The Ancient Fern Survives
Selfish, unopened minds remain numbed
False eye-lashes are heavy and closed
Botoxed lips are silent and sealed
And elephant ears have been pegged out of sight
But there under our careless feet
The earth’s ferns have agelessly survived
Three hundred and sixty million years
Without changing the appearance of their golden leaves
That timelessly regenerate themselves
By naturally releasing their fertilising spores
Ivor Steven (c) June 2022
Ivor.Plumber/Poet 
Thank you so much for honouring my photograph with such an excellent poem, Ivor
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Thank you Derrick .. I’m pleased you enjoyed my poem… I found your photo caught my imagination as soon as I saw it 🌏🤔
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I love this beautiful, insightful poem, and I love ferns! You must tend those flowers with tender loving care. They look happy and healthy! 🙂 Enjoy your week! ❤ ❤ ❤
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Thank you Cheryl … and I love ferns too … 💕🌏🌿
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Funny how we seek the fountain of youth and the ferns have been living it!
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Thank you Dwight .. and I continue to say we have a lot to learn from Mother Nature 🌿🌱🌏
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Yes we do…. sweet dreams! It is about that time down under??
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Gorgeous photo by Derrick! He is such an amazing photographer! I so enjoy how his photos inspire you to write such wonderful poems, Ivor! 🙂
Your photos are lovely, too, Ivor! I see Owl! 🙂
Your poem is powerful, vivid, beautiful, and a wonderful tribute to ferns!
I LOVE FERNS! 🙂 May they always live on!
(((HUGS)))
🌿💚🪴💚🌱
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They’ll definitely out live us human-beans 🌿🌱.. . That photo of Derrick’s immediately captured my imagination and then I was amazed to find out how long fern’s have been on our planet 🌏 … and my poem grew from there 🌿🌱.. yes I snuck in the wise owl Oscar .. he lives in my fernery 🦉💕🤗🐶
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So good to see Oscar! 😀 Ferns AND owls…two of my all-time fave things in life! 🙂
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Oh .. we need a song …
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🙂
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False eye-lashes are heavy and closed
“Botoxed lips are silent and sealed
And elephant ears have been pegged out of sight” great imagery!
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Thank you Cassa … I was trying to depict the contrast between the ever changing ways of humans and the resilience of nature’s plants ..
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Thanks for this clarification reply. I was in two minds when reading this poem..I felt it was a contrast of the modern plastics and nature’s charm. Also I felt it might be a metaphor of how the ferns look.
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Sorry … sometimes my words tend to be a bit too abstract ..
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Don’t be, that’s the beauty of poetry, it evokes the reader to interpret and imagine.
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Thanks Cassa … I’m still learning every day … how to construct my words to match and catch my thoughts …
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We are life long learners! 🙌
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love this poem and I love ferns
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Perhaps this perfect simplicity is the clue to their longevity 🍃
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Someone told me last week they didn’t like ferns, I was shocked. How could one not like ferns?
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Oh wow .. ferns are visually fascinating and with a physically wonderful texture to touch
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That’s what I like too.
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Twins … +
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👯♂️
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beautiful poem Ivor.
I’m coming back as a fern! 💖😂😂😂😂
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You’ll have to join the queue Cindy 🌿🌱🌏💕
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Thank you for sharing.
I share a lot of ancient knowledge on my website.
http://www.rebirthoftheword.com
Once again, excellent article
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Thank you for visiting my humble writings 🤗🌏📖
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