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  • An ILL One’s Wish

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  • The Codfish Carbuncle Case: Chapter 1

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Author: Ivor Steven

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  • The image shows the color of the dawn sky above the western horizon
    TankaPoetry

    Dawn’s Symphony of Light

    By Ivor Steven
    March 2, 2026
    Dawn’s curtain opens.I hear a cascade of lightGently greet my eyes –A symphony of all thingsThat belong beyond the dark. Editor: Erynn Crittenden
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  • The image a of magpie on a post about to take flight
    PoetryRhyming Poems

    Beyond My Outpost

    By Ivor Steven
    February 16, 2026
    Perched on a foreign outpost,Above the world’s unplanned commands,I’m anxiously looking acrossFor somewhere safe to land. Whether it be the East’s desert sand,Or the ...
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  • The image is of an old bookcase which sits in the corner of my favorite cafe
    Poetry

    The Cafe’s Rustic Bookcase

    By Ivor Steven
    February 2, 2026
    I’ve been staring at the café’s bookcase,Searching for the momentsMy words have failed to find. Maybe they are hidden in the ice chest,Under the ...
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  • The image is of a weird 'clock' bike on a bridge over river.
    Rhyming PoemsPoetry

    Time, My Muse

    By Ivor Steven
    January 19, 2026
    Time rolls past all beingsLike the wind – we know it’s been,But it cannot be seen.Time does not hide behind a screen,Nor make a ...
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  • The image is of a daylight moon adrift in the wispy clouds.
    PoetryRhyming Poems

    Always Deck the Hallways

    By Ivor Steven
    December 15, 2025
    Beyond December lights,remember the nights. Breathe the longer days;bathe under the moon’s bright berets. Praise the sun’s eternal gaze –life’s celestial causeway. Editor: Erynn ...
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  • The image is of a crow as it arcs below the sun, through the late afternoon sky— (a visual silhouette of hunger)
    PoetryRhyming Poems

    Climbing the Stairs

    By Ivor Steven
    December 1, 2025
    Has the sun become our unattainable star? Is our darkness extending too far? Is our ozone layer beyond all repair? It seems our governments ...
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  • the image is of a dark stormy sky, and I imagine the clouds to look a Trojan Horse
    Poetry

    Trojan Cloud

    By Ivor Steven
    November 17, 2025
    The long-suffering,foreboding Trojan cloud,that was openly waitingunder the Sun’s shining sling,stormily forewarnedthe unsuspecting crowd: “Hard rain shall destroy your ground,after the warlord’s unofficial kinghas ...
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  • The image is my photo of wall mural on Belmont Community Centre, depicting bright and peaceful sunflowers
    PoetryRhyming Poems

    Restore Rapport

    By Ivor Steven
    November 3, 2025
    War!Sees no exit doorForIts dirty floor Who sawThem roarForMore? RawTo the core,An infected sore –War! WithdrawThe short strawForWar! Editor: Erynn Crittenden
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  • The image is of three kayakers paddling along a river
    Poetry

    Paddling In Time

    By Ivor Steven
    October 20, 2025
    paddling in time, tracing tranquility’s lines.  rowing upstream,  or flowing downstream– no matter.  time floats in no direction. time hears no commands. time flies in the sky. time is ...
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  • The image is of a long white glacier on top of the Rocky Mountains, high above the alpine trees.
    PoetryRhyming Poems

    Before, Between, and Beyond

    By Ivor Steven
    October 6, 2025
      Before I could feel my fever rising.My head was screaming,and I was freezing-despite global warming. Sharp sheets of rainswept through my fuzzy brain,with ...
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    Spring in the City

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    March 9, 2026
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    Crossing the Heavens to You

    By Chidinma Nwonye
    March 9, 2026
  • A lone street light with power lines and a bird, with a sunset behind it.

    Streetlights and Stars

    By Andrew Wilson
    March 9, 2026
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    Prince of Peace

    By Scarlett Faye
    March 9, 2026
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    Of Lockets and Pomegranates: Chapter 15

    By Phayth Less
    March 9, 2026
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    Going For A Stroll

    By Ivor Steven
    July 26, 2021
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    In This Limbo

    By Ivor Steven
    August 23, 2021
  • The strong undertows at Barwon Heads

    Strong Undertows

    By Ivor Steven
    December 27, 2021
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    A New Melody

    By Andrew Wilson
    July 21, 2025
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