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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30 thoughts on “The Sunflower’s Renewal (a Tanka)”
AW! YAY for the sunflower growing! 🙂
We get birds dropping seeds in our yards and we get sunflowers “planted” and growing that way! It’s fun and beautiful! 🙂
Your poem and photo and that song are powerful and heart-touching, Ivor.
Yes, nature shares peace and hope if we take the time to notice.
(((HUGS)))
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Thanks Carolyn … Sir Frankie found the sunflower 🌻 on our morning walkie .. so I took a photo and last night I wrote the Tanka … oh that Ukraine song 🎶 was visually very moving and understanding the language wasn’t necessary to feel the meaning of the words 🎶🎶💕🌏🤗☮️🌻
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Lovely
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An uplifting and beautiful post, Ivor! ❤ ❤ ❤ Have a great week! Pats to Frankie!
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Thank you Cheryl .. Frankie found the sunflower 🌻 on our walkie this morning 🤗🌏💕🐶
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AW! YAY for the sunflower growing! 🙂
We get birds dropping seeds in our yards and we get sunflowers “planted” and growing that way! It’s fun and beautiful! 🙂
Your poem and photo and that song are powerful and heart-touching, Ivor.
Yes, nature shares peace and hope if we take the time to notice.
(((HUGS)))
🌻🙏☮❤️ 🇺🇦 🌻🙏 ☮❤️ 🇺🇦
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Thanks Carolyn … Sir Frankie found the sunflower 🌻 on our morning walkie .. so I took a photo and last night I wrote the Tanka … oh that Ukraine song 🎶 was visually very moving and understanding the language wasn’t necessary to feel the meaning of the words 🎶🎶💕🌏🤗☮️🌻
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Aw! Way to go, Sir Frankie!!! 🙂
Yes, music and the emotions created transcends language. 🙂
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Beautiful. i hope there are still sunflowers growing in Ukraine in spite of the invasion.
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Thank you Dwight, and that’s my poems little message … we need the flowers of peace to grow again ☮️🤗🌻🌏
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Yes… you are welcome!
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Nice one, Ivor. Hopefully the sun will follow the flower!!
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Thanks Ryan … some spring sun please
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Fine poem and powerful song
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Lovely 🙂
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Thank you Sue ,… 🤗☮
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The gift of rebirth, rejuvenation, is, all around us in nature, but we don’t, really, take the time to, notice them.
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Nice to see nature reclaiming her crown 👑
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Hopefully peace will be rclaimed soon too ..
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May peace reign! ✌🏼
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My favourite flower.
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Thank you Dale 🌻
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Thank you for reblogging Tanka, again I appreciate your support
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worthy tribute Ivor, may sunflowers and doves of peace find their way into murderous hearts!
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Hopefully dear Kate … the road to peace seems to be getting longer … 🌻💛💙🌏
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Beautiful!
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Thank you Emmanuel 🤗🌏
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