Memoirs of Ivor Steven
A big thank you to Barbara Leonhard, for her excellent ‘podcast’, and I must say I became quite emotional, it was both fascinating and very moving to hear my poems being narrated by Barbara.
I have uploaded an episode featuring Ivor Steven to my poetry podcast, Poetry: The Memoir of the Soul. You can access it here.
https://meelosmom.podbean.com/e/memoirs-of-ivor-steven/
In this episode, I feature the memoirs of Ivor Steven, who writes of his loss of his wife to Multiple Sclerosis. His poems reveal raw and touching grief.
Ivor Stevenformerly worked as anindustrial chemist and a plumber. He is now retired. He has had numerous poems published in on-line magazines such as Vita Brevis, Spillwords, Drabble, Wolff Poetry Journal, Festival of Poetry, Slasher Monster Magazine, and Fae Corps Publishing. Recently he was appointed to the “Go Dog Go Café” magazine’s website teamof Baristas. He is also an active member of the Geelong Writers Inc. and many of his poems are published in their anthologies. He started writing 19 years ago to help with his recovery from a stroke. During this time, and for the 30 years…
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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
Thank you, Ivor! Glad you liked it. ♥️
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I’m a bit excited Barbara, the first time I’ve been featured in a podcast, and your elocution and presentation were both excellent…
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I always worry about that. I don’t have fancy equipment, and usually someone starts mowing outside or my cats come and talk with me. 🤣Thank you for the positive feedback!
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You do very well then, under those circumstances.. . It’s amazing how creative we can be with our home equipment, my ‘Tullawalla’ booklets are perfect example….
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Technology is great to have, especially now.
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Congratulations !
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Thank you Kritika..
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Welcome 🙂 🙂
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I love Ivor and his poetry.
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Thank you dear Claudia, it was an emotional and humbling to listen to the podcast…. I had a box of tissues beside me…💙💚🌏
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You always write from the heart. Even though many of us do too, you have a way with words.
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Thank you Claudia, and it’s time I was asleep, 1.30am here.. Nite nite 😴😴
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What a great testimony to have someone read your poems!!
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Thank you Pallavi, yes it was a wonderful experience..
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