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  • The Promise to Stay

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  • Of Lockets and Pomegranates: Chapter 32

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  • What We Do for Fun

  • Neptune’s Fortune: Part 11

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  • A Frozen Birthday Cake

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  • A Plea

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Author: Ivor Steven

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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
    PoetryRhyming Poems

    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)
    PoetryRhyming Poems

    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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  • The image is of the sun setting behind a ribbon of clouds
    Poetry

    A Fistful of Sand

    By Ivor Steven
    March 30, 2026
    There, above the edge,I see a frayed ribbon of cloudhiding your fading twilight eye. Fortunately, it’s not dark yet,and I can still feelyour deflated ...
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  • The image is of silver teaspoon with the initials "MS" (Multiple Sclerosis) embossed on the handle button.
    Rhyming PoemsPoetry

    Between, Inside, and Beyond

    By Ivor Steven
    March 16, 2026
    I can hear the knocking,and the place is rocking,but my cell needs unlocking.  Between the sun and moonis there a spare roomfor me and ...
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  • The image shows the color of the dawn sky above the western horizon
    PoetryTanka

    Dawn’s Symphony of Light

    By Ivor Steven
    March 2, 2026
    Dawn’s curtain opens.I hear a cascade of lightGently greet my eyes –A symphony of all thingsThat belong beyond the dark. Editor: Erynn Crittenden
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  • The image a of magpie on a post about to take flight
    PoetryRhyming Poems

    Beyond My Outpost

    By Ivor Steven
    February 16, 2026
    Perched on a foreign outpost,Above the world’s unplanned commands,I’m anxiously looking acrossFor somewhere safe to land. Whether it be the East’s desert sand,Or the ...
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    The Promise to Stay

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  • There is a woman laying in bed looking off towards the side, seeming to be deep in thought as the soft light of her lamp casts a faint glow upon her face.

    3 AM Thoughts

    By Rowan Moskowitz
    November 9, 2026
  • The image is of a snail sliding along through the rain

    Steve the Snail Goes Visiting

    By Ivor Steven
    November 9, 2026
  • A dark, shadowed bundle of pomegranates with the text Of Lockets and Pomeganates.

    Of Lockets and Pomegranates: Chapter 32

    By Phayth Less
    November 2, 2026
  • Image of Lower Falls, NH on a rainy day with slick rocks

    Artist’s Euphoria

    By Lexi
    November 2, 2026
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    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

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    December 27, 2021
  • Rain on glass with a gradient of light behind.

    A New Melody

    By Andrew Wilson
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    Pebbles Fade Into Dust 

    By Ivor Steven
    September 6, 2021

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