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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25 thoughts on “Pending, Not Pretending (a Tanka)”
Ivor, what a magnificent poem! An exquisite tribute to the power and beauty of the storm! ❤ The sounds of the storm and rain on the roof are music to me.
Our big brave dog and the cat too hid under the bed during thunderstorms. Does Frankie do the same? 🙂
OOH! I have experienced some storms exactly like you describe in your wonderful poem! Nature’s symphony performance…heavy on the drums and the strobe lights! 😉 Ha! 😀
OOH! And I so enjoy Mr. Mercury singing! 🙂
(((HUGS))) 🙂 ❤️
Ivor.Plumber/Poet 
Ivor, what a magnificent poem! An exquisite tribute to the power and beauty of the storm! ❤ The sounds of the storm and rain on the roof are music to me.
Our big brave dog and the cat too hid under the bed during thunderstorms. Does Frankie do the same? 🙂
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Frankie is ok … the storm was all noise and lightning without the rain 🌧️ 🤗🌏🐶
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Wonderful!
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Thank you Beth
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Excellent and I LOVE Freddie.
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Thank you … lots of thunder and lightning but no rain … hence I chose Freddie’s song 🎶🌧️🤗🌏
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OOH! I have experienced some storms exactly like you describe in your wonderful poem! Nature’s symphony performance…heavy on the drums and the strobe lights! 😉 Ha! 😀
OOH! And I so enjoy Mr. Mercury singing! 🙂
(((HUGS))) 🙂 ❤️
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Thank you Carolyn … a big display but no rain ⛈️🤗🌏
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Atmospheric! 🌩️
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Thank you .. a great description for my Tanka 🌧️🌏🤗
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Your words made me sit back and imagine the scene. Well written.
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Thank you for your lovely comments Lakshmi
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A spectacular post
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Thank you Derrick 😉
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Wonderful – but thunder storms scare me.
Loved the Video, the song has long been a favourite of mine since I first heard the Platters sang it. 🙂
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Thank you so much for appreciating my post Sue 🤗😍🎶
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Beautiful post🤗
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Thank you kindly Rajani
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My pleasure✨😌
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Absolutely loevd the poem – it brings the storm alive with each word and line.
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Thank you … the conciseness of the Tanka format helps me capture the impact of a storm ⛈️🤗🌏
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You are very welcome Ivor :))
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The visual of the words lines up beautiful with the image, Ivor! 🙂
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Thank you for the lovely comments Susi
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You’re welcome, Ivor!
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