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  • Who I Am

  • The Codfish Carbuncle Case: Chapter 6

  • Little Life

  • To Be Known

  • School Nights

  • An Interview With Time

  • Smile At Screams

  • Neptune’s Fortune Part 3

  • Waiting for Dawn

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  • Dragon Slayer: Chapter One

  • After Her, Then Her Again

  • Email Overload

  • The Unthinkable

  • Lover of the Queen: Epilogue

  • The Codfish Carbuncle Case: Chapter 5

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  • Sitting With Discomfort

Author: Ivor Steven

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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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  • 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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  • A dark blue/black background is shown, and included scrabble pieces that spell out the words "I can do anything" for viewers to see.

    Who I Am

    By Rowan Moskowitz
    May 11, 2026
  • A fishmonger's shop with the title Howard and Son

    The Codfish Carbuncle Case: Chapter 6

    By Adriana Philips
    May 11, 2026
  • A party in gray scale spins in a circle, drawing the lights in a spiral.

    Little Life

    By Seth Corry
    May 11, 2026
  • Image of Lake Quannapowitt taken at sunset.

    To Be Known

    By Lexi
    May 11, 2026
  • the head of shovel is pointed down into dirt.

    School Nights

    By Kaylee Molina
    May 11, 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
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    Why, God? Why?

    By Rene' Thompson
    April 29, 2019

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