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  • Underneath the Surface of Optimism

  • Climbing the Stairs

  • There’s a Crack in the Floor

  • Dogs

  • Zombie Killer Squad: Chapter Ten

  • Of Lockets and Pomegranates: Chapter 9

  • The Memories of Us

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  • Worth it in the End

  • Lover of the Queen: Procession

  • Protest

  • The Invitation: Part 5

  • In Defense of Doing Nothing

  • Teen Witch’s Survival Guide: Chapter 4

  • Speak Peace

  • Uncle Albert’s Ghostly Encounter

  • Types of Words

  • My Savior Came Flipping Tables

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Author: Ivor Steven

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  • The image is of my wife, Carole, on wedding night, with confetti on her hair
    Poetry

    Sorry

    By Ivor Steven
    June 16, 2025
    Sorry for life’s catastropheMy mission fell into the seaThere, lost in a world without sails-I could not find your holy grail Our fairy tale ...
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  • The image is of nostalgic photos hanging on a wall
    PoetryRhyming Poems

    Dusty Photos

    By Ivor Steven
    May 26, 2025
    Dusty photos hang on the wallsWhere reality’s silhouette calls Her spinning wheel, her smile, and her soft handsThey were there first, where the hourglass ...
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  • The image is of the midday sky, with a half-moon
    Poetry

    Half

    By Ivor Steven
    May 12, 2025
    Halfway through the dayI was neither half asleepNor half awake Fragments of midnightFloated in my half-empty coffeeWhen the midday sunBisected the middleOf my imaginary ...
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  • The image is of a cloudy sky that has a bright opening or porthole in it and a flock of blackbirds are flying toward the hole
    Poetry

    I’m Leaving

    By Ivor Steven
    April 28, 2025
    I’m leavingThrough that porthole in the cloudsAnd flying away from the maddening crowd I’m avoidingThose tiresome tyrants, Who cover up new blood stains,And drown ...
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  • There are 2 images. The image is a photo of the back of my blue denim jacket and the right image, is a photo of the front of my Geelong Writers Inc blue T-Shirt
    PoetryRhyming Poems

    It Is Manuscript Time

    By Ivor Steven
    April 14, 2025
    Tick-tock, it is manuscript timeMy zine is not in decline Line after lineMy quill slowly winds From the aromatic pinesTo the soothing brine A ...
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  • The image is of daytime waning moon, that is barely visible in a cloudy sky
    Poetry

    Oh, My Waning Moon

    By Ivor Steven
    March 31, 2025
    Oh, my waning moon.Where are you?I cannot hear you.My eyes are open,I cannot see you Oh, my waning moon.Where have you gone?I cannot find ...
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  • The image is of two crows in a cabbage-colored sky
    PoetryRhyming Poems

    Hungry Crows

    By Ivor Steven
    March 17, 2025
    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 ...
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  • The image is of a bird looking like an arrow flying swiftly over a meadow
    PoetryRhyming Poems

    My Mind is Flying

    By Ivor Steven
    March 3, 2025
    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 ...
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  • The image is of bookcase which full of books
    Poetry

    Is This the Time?

    By Ivor Steven
    February 17, 2025
    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 ...
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  • The image is of a yellow full moon in a clear night sky
    Rhyming PoemsPoetry

    The Moon’s Love Song

    By Ivor Steven
    January 6, 2025
    Last night, the moon sang me a love song  A serenade from the night wanderer is never wrong  In the morning, a warmth arose ...
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    By Ivor Steven
    July 26, 2021
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    In This Limbo

    By Ivor Steven
    August 23, 2021
  • The strong undertows at Barwon Heads

    Strong Undertows

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    December 27, 2021
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    A New Melody

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