Here in Geelong today we had some cool summer showers, which reminded me of the 2020 summer, when the devastating bushfires were raging throughout Australia, and in late January, we were in desparate need of some relieving summer rain. Feature Image Above: I’m standing in light rain, at the end of my lane, but the sky … Continue reading Throwback Friday, Eerie Sky, Teasing Rain, by Ivor Steven
Writing
Promote Yourself Monday: January 30, 2023
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Throwback Friday, I’m A Dreamer, by Ivor Steven
Lately I have been reading the poems I wrote while I was hostpital 4 years ago, recovering from 2 strokes that had occured only 7 weeks apart. Needless to say, I was down and out, and looking back through my writings during those difficut months, I am both surprised and fascinated at how I was … Continue reading Throwback Friday, I’m A Dreamer, by Ivor Steven
Promote Yourself Monday: January 23, 2023
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Throwback Friday, Time In A Turbulent Sea, by Ivor Steven
A poem I wrote in early February 2019, while recovering from my third stroke. I have slightly revised a few words, and altered the title - originally "Time and the Sea" Time In A Turbulent Sea My time, weeks, days, and hours have gone My time, between one procedure and the next Time to explore this … Continue reading Throwback Friday, Time In A Turbulent Sea, by Ivor Steven
Promote Yourself Monday: January 16, 2023
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Throwback Friday, There’s a Penguin In My Courtyard, by Ivor Steven
Today I was prompted to revise my poem from June 2020, because I had just received a lovely hand-designed "Penguin Christmas Card" from my Philadelphia cousin. There’s a Penguin In My Courtyard (Revised) my courtyards a frozen pond cold enough for a penguin shards of ice lay upon the ground and a crisp sharpness cuts … Continue reading Throwback Friday, There’s a Penguin In My Courtyard, by Ivor Steven
Promote Yourself Monday: January 9, 2023
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Promote Yourself Monday: January 2, 2023
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Throwback Friday, Odds and Ends – The Ancient Tree, by Ivor Steven
There’s plenty of curiosity in these “odds and ends” pieces of poetry that I have compiled in my files, and this one I put together in January 2019. They were “verse comments” that I had made to some of my WordPress readers, about their posts at the time. I’ve not written one these for a while, and I’ve enough … Continue reading Throwback Friday, Odds and Ends – The Ancient Tree, by Ivor Steven
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