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  • The Unwanted Club

  • Life Doesn’t Stop

  • A Heartfelt Goodbye

  • Of Lockets and Pomegranates: Chapter 21

  • Neptune’s Fortune Part 5

  • The Hardest to Learn

  • The Tree that Lost Its Leaves

  • The Codfish Carbuncle Case: Chapter 7

  • Another Birthday

  • Married People

  • I’m Quietly Flying Around

  • Battle Caw

  • Watch Your Step

  • The Darkness of Your Absence

  • Neptune’s Fortune Part 4

  • Thicker Than Water

  • Of Lockets and Pomegranates: Chapter 20

  • Who I Am

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Author: Ivor Steven

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  • The image is of a bird flying in the clouds
    Rhyming PoemsPoetry

    I’m Quietly Flying Around

    By Ivor Steven
    May 25, 2026
    Up here,with my head in the clouds,talking to myself is allowed,without hearing the maddening crowd,and I’m free to be clever and proud Then, while ...
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  • The image is of a fawn twilight sky sitting over the setting sun and a grey cloud band, which could be interpreted as a 'Timeline.'
    PoetryRhyming Poems

    An Interview With Time

    By Ivor Steven
    May 11, 2026
    Time is impossible to tie down,and has me totally spellbound.Time wears an invisible crown,and interviewing Time — of such mystical renown —did send my ...
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  • The image is a photomontage of my computer desk, a Pandora Box, and my imaginary space craft, 'ITMIMS' (Ivor's Time Machine In Micro Space)
    PoetryRhyming Poems

    Email Overload

    By Ivor Steven
    April 27, 2026
    There is privacy pirating and phishing.I’d rather go for a day of fishing.There’s a file especially made for spamThat stains everything like loganberry jam. ...
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  • The image is of black bird flying toward the sun.
    Poetry

    Arise With My Light

    By Ivor Steven
    April 13, 2026
    Arisewith my light.I am calling youfrom beyond the black sea.Open your eyesand fly to me. Ascendfrom the holy landand the burning sand.Release your soul,and ...
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  • The image is of the sun setting behind a ribbon of clouds
    Poetry

    A Fistful of Sand

    By Ivor Steven
    March 30, 2026
    There, above the edge,I see a frayed ribbon of cloudhiding your fading twilight eye. Fortunately, it’s not dark yet,and I can still feelyour deflated ...
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  • The image is of silver teaspoon with the initials "MS" (Multiple Sclerosis) embossed on the handle button.
    PoetryRhyming Poems

    Between, Inside, and Beyond

    By Ivor Steven
    March 16, 2026
    I can hear the knocking,and the place is rocking,but my cell needs unlocking.  Between the sun and moonis there a spare roomfor me and ...
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  • The image shows the color of the dawn sky above the western horizon
    PoetryTanka

    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.
    PoetryRhyming Poems

    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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    Going For A Stroll

    By Ivor Steven
    July 26, 2021
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    In This Limbo

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    Strong Undertows

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