An Old Plumber, An Ex-Carer, An Amateur Poet, Words From The Heart
A Sad Winter Flame (A Tanka)
In May this year, I attended an Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop at the Foundry Studio & Gallery. Today’s Poem/Tanka is another piece I wrote from that day, and which I have not posted on my site before now. Featured Image Above: My photograph of, Lee McGrath’s fascinating painting, “Winter Flame Tree” (Acrylic on canvas)
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.
View all posts by ivor20
Aw, this is a powerful poignant poem and painting pair. ๐ฆ
And this applies to so many areas and peoples in our world, especially dear Ukraine.
(((HUGS)))
๐บ๐ฆ โฎ๐โฎ๐โฎ
Thank you dear Carolyn … one of those pieces i had stored away … and I am not sure why, … I suppose I absentmindedly forgot about it … ๐๐๐ค๐๐ถ
I concur with Carolyn! Your lovely poem is very timely.
Also, thank you for sharing the YouTube video. The music is somewhat hypnotic, though also quite repetitive.
May you and Carolyn find the rest of 2022 very much to your liking and highly conducive to your travelling, gardening, writing, reading, thinking and publishing whatever topics that take your intellectual fancy and creative whim!
Ivor.Plumber/Poet 
so very sad
LikeLiked by 2 people
Sadly .. far too long
LikeLiked by 1 person
So very apt
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thank you Derrick
LikeLiked by 1 person
Stunning, heartfelt, sad. ๐โฅ๏ธ๐
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thank you Barbara โฆ Iโm not sure why I stored this piece away .. I we were to write only one Ekphrastic poem .. ๐ค๐โ๏ธ
LikeLiked by 1 person
That is indeed very sad (but nicely done)
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thank you Daleโฆ Tankaโs can be a short and powerful format ๐ค๐
LikeLiked by 1 person
Indeed.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Beautiful, my friend!
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thank you kindly Claudia ๐ค๐๐๐
LikeLike
I love your take on the picture! It works very well!
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thank you Dwight โฆ I enjoy the Tanka format
LikeLiked by 1 person
Aw, this is a powerful poignant poem and painting pair. ๐ฆ
And this applies to so many areas and peoples in our world, especially dear Ukraine.
(((HUGS)))
๐บ๐ฆ โฎ๐โฎ๐โฎ
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thank you dear Carolyn … one of those pieces i had stored away … and I am not sure why, … I suppose I absentmindedly forgot about it … ๐๐๐ค๐๐ถ
LikeLiked by 2 people
Dear Ivor,
I concur with Carolyn! Your lovely poem is very timely.
Also, thank you for sharing the YouTube video. The music is somewhat hypnotic, though also quite repetitive.
May you and Carolyn find the rest of 2022 very much to your liking and highly conducive to your travelling, gardening, writing, reading, thinking and publishing whatever topics that take your intellectual fancy and creative whim!
Take care and prosper!
Yours sincerely,
SoundEagle
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thank you for your kind and thoughtful comments Soundeagle โฆ I always appreciate your input ๐ฒ๐๐ค
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you guys for continuing support my anti-war posts … ๐ค๐โฎ
LikeLike