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  • Mourner’s Creed

  • Of Lockets and Pomegranates: Chapter 26

  • Loyal to a Fault

  • Neptune’s Fortune: Part 8

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  • Of Lockets and Pomegranates: Chapter 25

  • Past, Present, and Future of Women’s Rights

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  • The Red Maiden, Part Twenty-Three

  • The Attitude of Gratitude

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Author: Ivor Steven

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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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  • My image which prompted my poem is of the sky shrouded in Cirrus clouds with a distant daytime half moon in a pocket between the clouds and a Lark flying low in the clouds
    PoetryRhyming Poems

    Living in the Shade

    By Ivor Steven
    June 22, 2026
    Above the Earth’s war-torn meadows,beyond this world’s dark shadowsand ghostly echoes,I wonder about life in the ghettosand the refugee’s grim grottos. Rarely will the ...
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  • The image is Photomontage, of a dim muted horizon, and crow flying above the horizon, (which is the glued on piece
    Rhyming PoemsPoetry

    Climbing Time

    By Ivor Steven
    June 8, 2026
    From below the horizon’s muted edge,where the earth softens its ledge,I begin my daily climb one broken rung at a time. It’s not that ...
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  • The image is of a bird flying in the clouds
    PoetryRhyming Poems

    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)
    Rhyming PoemsPoetry

    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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  • There's a white background with wooden pieces that have letters on them, spelling out the word Anxiety. Below the word is two groups of pills, likely representing anti anxiety medication.

    Anxiety

    By Rowan Moskowitz
    August 17, 2026
  • Israel flags being held by people with Hamas protest signs

    Solidarity with Israel

    By LC Ahl (Lucy)
    August 17, 2026
  • A shadowy hand reaching for an antique doorknob.

    The Patient Monster

    By Erynn Crittenden
    August 17, 2026
  • The image is of bird in the entrance of a tunnel, and the birds feathers are sparkling from light outside of the tunnel.

    The Tunnel of Light

    By Ivor Steven
    August 17, 2026
  • layered colors on a painting

    Peeling Back the Layers

    By Kristina Snyder
    August 10, 2026
  • photos

    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
  • Moon

    Why, God? Why?

    By Rene' Thompson
    April 29, 2019

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