Author: Ivor Steven
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 ...The Intrusive Gale
The intrusive gale was from out of townUninvited and wearinga mud-splattered gownIt rampaged acrossour winter-ravaged ground Snapping and snarling,so powerfully profoundAnd blew our innocentgum-tree ...The Road East
Unjustly, the road East is now ClosedTo everyone trying to leave the city Heed the Warning!Abandon the Office.Go to the emergency parking bayUnder the ...The Crow’s Weighty Mission
Why is the crowCarrying such a large twig?It is not nest building time. Maybe a strengthening rod,To help hold the new chicksIn their cozy ...I Couldn’t See the Moon
Mid-morning, and I could not seeThe daytime moonWhite, wispy cloudsWere shrouding my view I must be going out of my mind.I stood there thinking, ...