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An Untraveled Highway

By Ivor Steven
June 12, 2023
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A foreign plant between a barbwire barrier and the highway
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Hello newcomer 
How long have you been there? 
A stranger in a strange land 
Standing alone on harsh ground 
Living between a barbwire barrier 
And an untraveled highway 

Where do you come from? 
My coloured one 
Where are you going? 
Within our vast island home 
I wonder. Will you be accepted? 
By other pretentious squatters  
With tolerance and compassion 

TagsculturerefugeesFree Versefree verse poem
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Ivor Steven

Ivor Steven was formerly an Industrial Chemist, then a Plumber, and has been writing poetry for 19 years. He has had numerous poems published in anthologies, and on-line magazines. He is an active member of the Geelong Writers Inc.(Australia), and is a team member/barista with the on-line magazine "Go Dog Go Cafe" (America).

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2 comments

  1. An Untravelled Highway – Ivor.Plumber/Poet 12 June, 2023 at 10:03 Reply

    […] Hello dear readers and followers, I am now back writing for “Coffee House Writers” magazine, and my poem “An Untravelled Highway”, is in this week’s edition of Coffee House Writers Magazine. … please click on the link below and visit my poem, at Coffee House Writers Magazine. >> https://coffeehousewriters.com/an-untraveled-highway/ […]

  2. D.Y. Freeman 19 June, 2023 at 23:06 Reply

    Lovely speculative poem about possibilities and in-between spaces.

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