Author: Ivor Steven
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A Piece Of Deadwood
I was a lonely lavender bushWith a pretty fairy-wing flowerNow!I am a rotting piece of deadwood. Last summerMy minder went on a holidayAnd left ... -
Droplets Of Joy
The leaves Azure and emerald Mother Nature’s Tear droplets of joy Daintily dangle Above sacred ground And faithfully Await baptism By cascading sunshine Thereafter The anointed leaves Eternally replenish Mother Nature’s Earthly goblet With liquid hues Of azure ... -
Where Have The Faeries Gone?
Deep in the enchanted forestUnder mossy rocks and water-reeds I found an iron-bar doorLying over a sinkhole in the creek bed I wondered and yelled ... -
The Resurrection Of Shadows
You! It’s time to take coverBeware! Shadows have changed colourAnd are reaching across the groundCrying to the world, “It’s time to turn around” Shadows ... -
A Half-Withered Water-Reed
My life was like a half-withered water-reed Swaying alone, in the winter breeze I floated between yellow and brown hues And then I fell into an ocean ... -
Misplaced in Space
there is inner space and there is outer space I like to travel in both places life is not a race my database is my bookcase I have yet ... -
Yellow Boulders
Ancestral Yellow stones From deep in the canyon Wait Beneath the sky’s chromatic dome And lie there Protecting nature’s blades of grass Celestial Yellow boulders From deep in the universe Wait Beyond the reach of ... -
An Untraveled Highway
Hello newcomer How long have you been there? A stranger in a strange land Standing alone on harsh ground Living between a barbwire barrier And an untraveled highway Where ... -
Behind Your Mirror
At the local veil sales You will hear me ask “Are you wearing a mask” You, lurking in the back pews Beyond your mirror’s view Waiting to be ... -
Drizzly Drops
Small skinny raindropsDribble out of the stonewashed clouds Dripping like sheets wrung out to dry The birds keep singing, always able to cope Unperturbed by the grizzly ...
