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  • Neptune’s Fortune: Part 11

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Author: Ivor Steven

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  • The image is of a snail sliding along through the rain
    PoetryHaiku

    Steve the Snail Goes Visiting

    By Ivor Steven
    November 9, 2026
    Sliding through soft rain,Steve was off to see his friendsFor Thanksgiving Day Editor: Erynn Crittenden
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  • The image is of my dad's 89th birthday cake
    Poetry

    A Frozen Birthday Cake

    By Ivor Steven
    October 26, 2026
    Emotionally, I’m looking like last year’sfrozen birthday cake –airless, with too many broken candles. I’ve been in the fridge too long.I’m beyond the use-by ...
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  • The image is of a bird flying below the sun in a clear blue sky.
    PoetryRhyming PoemsUncategorized

    A Bird of the Sun

    By Ivor Steven
    October 12, 2026
    If you look up toward the sun,you’ll see I’m not the only oneenjoying the sky’s transcending ski run. Not on the grounds’ overcrowded bull ...
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  • The image is of an old pigeon flying in a cloudy sky
    PoetryRhyming Poems

    Don’t Worry, Home is Anywhere

    By Ivor Steven
    September 28, 2026
    I’m a plain-grey old pigeon,just one of our worldwide flock,and under nature’s supervisionwe’re allowed to fly anywhereacross this land’s hostile block.You’ll see us circling ...
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  • The image shows a grey twilight sky with golden sunbeams shining down from holes in the clouds
    PoetryRhyming Poems

    Odd Extremes

    By Ivor Steven
    September 14, 2026
    I see evening sunbeamsstealing through the sky’s seams —I wonder what it means. Are they the streamsof forgotten cosmic dreamsbreaking freefrom the atmosphere’sholy levees? ...
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  • The image is of new spring flowers reaching for sun under a cloudy sky
    PoetryRhyming Poems

    Spring Will Never Vanish

    By Ivor Steven
    August 31, 2026
    Spring is not vanishing nor dying,Fresh grass reappears in the mossy ravine;There will always be birds in the sky. Clouds do not stop rolling ...
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  • The image is of bird in the entrance of a tunnel, and the birds feathers are sparkling from light outside of the tunnel.
    Poetry

    The Tunnel of Light

    By Ivor Steven
    August 17, 2026
    On the shadowed edgeof the causeway’s secluded tunnel,I see blurry streaksof bespeckled light. Nothing is certain here –not a breath of wind in sight –only ...
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  • The image is of a pigeon with full wingspan flying toward the afternoon sun
    PoetryRhyming Poems

    A Global Suntan

    By Ivor Steven
    August 3, 2026
    Flying with wings at full span,I am the world’s missionary man —delivering hand to hand,without needing to land. I’m carrying the world’s master plan:man-to-man ...
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  • The image is of a bird flying among streaky cirrus clouds
    PoetryRhyming Poems

    Uluru, Kakadu, Kathmandu, and Xanadu

    By Ivor Steven
    July 20, 2026
    Above the trees’ shadowy view,the midday sky is royal blue,and streaky cirrus clouds from Ulurulook like a court jester’s hairdo. I see the wise ...
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  • The image is of a bird flying below the wires, hanging between the pylons and posts.
    Poetry

    Is My Horizon Unreachable?

    By Ivor Steven
    July 6, 2026
    I’m following an interrupted flight pathof thick, black, wiry lineswhich crisscross inside my mind,like aerial railroad tracksthat travel for miles and miles —endlessly from ...
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  • Black and white photo of hands a few inches apart with spread fingers. The arm on the left side has a tattoo that says love always.

    The Promise to Stay

    By Jaclyn Weber-Hill
    November 9, 2026
  • There is a woman laying in bed looking off towards the side, seeming to be deep in thought as the soft light of her lamp casts a faint glow upon her face.

    3 AM Thoughts

    By Rowan Moskowitz
    November 9, 2026
  • The image is of a snail sliding along through the rain

    Steve the Snail Goes Visiting

    By Ivor Steven
    November 9, 2026
  • A dark, shadowed bundle of pomegranates with the text Of Lockets and Pomeganates.

    Of Lockets and Pomegranates: Chapter 32

    By Phayth Less
    November 2, 2026
  • Image of Lower Falls, NH on a rainy day with slick rocks

    Artist’s Euphoria

    By Lexi
    November 2, 2026
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    Going For A Stroll

    By Ivor Steven
    July 26, 2021
  • Somewhere in Limbo

    In This Limbo

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

    Strong Undertows

    By Ivor Steven
    December 27, 2021
  • Rain on glass with a gradient of light behind.

    A New Melody

    By Andrew Wilson
    July 21, 2025
  • Pebbles

    Pebbles Fade Into Dust 

    By Ivor Steven
    September 6, 2021

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