Author: Ivor Steven
Hungry Crows
Perched, a peaceful pigeon among the hungry crows I was their round table guest, inside a turbulent sky It was a pretentious gathering of friends and ...My Mind is Flying
My mind is flying faster than an arrow These thoughts come and go Sometimes, they flow and glow Other times, they are lost in the undertow ...Is This the Time?
Is this the time?I tell myselfThis is the last timeI put another book on my shelf They stand there like imaginary elvesAnd pretend to ...The Moon’s Love Song
Last night, the moon sang me a love song A serenade from the night wanderer is never wrong In the morning, a warmth arose ...Wandering In My Universe
Here, wandering in my universeThat floats around inside my head- Is my world a little dream?Sailing through outer space In my blue balloon.Oh, starry ...To Fly Above the Sky
I want to fly above the sky, far beyond the moonAnd search for the shine, before I lose my way Looking for a brighter ...The Wounded Blackbirds
Flying with the wounded blackbirds –My head is in the whispering cloudsWhere I am warily watching the wanton world I am wandering away from ...Moon Dreaming
I am leaving my blue lagoonand flying to the moon Another lonely moon-struck guysoaring high in the lunar sky I am hooting a mournful ...A Yellow Stump
Once upon a timeBefore the days of landminesI stood strong and freeIn the westerly breeze Then one day, a war’s windstormCrucified my peaceful platformAnd ...A Swift Little Wattlebird
The Little WattlebirdDarts backwards and forwardsBetween the flowering branchesAnd the pollen avalanches Fluttering from tree to treeLike a busy honeybeeThey are much too swift ...