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Author: Ivor Steven

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  • The image is of a Wattlebird darting between tree branches
    PoetryRhyming Poems

    A Swift Little Wattlebird

    By Ivor Steven
    October 7, 2024
    The Little WattlebirdDarts backwards and forwardsBetween the flowering branchesAnd the pollen avalanches Fluttering from tree to treeLike a busy honeybeeThey are much too swift ...
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  • The image shows a gale broken gumtree lying on the ground
    Poetry

    The Intrusive Gale

    By Ivor Steven
    September 23, 2024
    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 ...
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  • The image is of an empty road, and road sign saying, 'Wrong Way, Go Back", and along the lower part of the image, there numerous other roads signs
    Poetry

    The Road East

    By Ivor Steven
    September 9, 2024
    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 ...
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  • The image shows a black crow in a blue sky, carrying a large twig
    Poetry

    The Crow’s Weighty Mission

    By Ivor Steven
    August 26, 2024
    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 ...
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  • The image is of daytime waning crescent, barely visible in a white cloudy sky
    Poetry

    I Couldn’t See the Moon

    By Ivor Steven
    August 12, 2024
    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, ...
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  • The image is of a piece or shard of the daylight moon
    Poetry

    Every Rock I Kicked

    By Ivor Steven
    July 29, 2024
    Every rock I kicked asideEtched her moon-washed shadowAcross the distant sky Every stone I bounced over the wavesMirrored her olive eyesWithin my bleary dreams ...
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  • The image is of purple twilight with fluffy pink clouds
    Rhyming PoemsPoetry

    Cosmic Typhoons and Tycoons

    By Ivor Steven
    July 8, 2024
    I see cosmic typhoons and tycoons wandering under the purple moon near the edges of a blue lagoon playing their loud double bassoons  I feel like a ...
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  • The image is of a dark and dank foggy morning
    PoetryRhyming Poems

    A Dank and Foggy Morn

    By Ivor Steven
    June 24, 2024
    Tis early, on a dank and foggy mornAll the groans of lovers sound inside outAnd their bed lights shine on the icy lawnEven the ...
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  • The image shows a bird flying between bare branches
    Poetry

    And the Birds Warbled

    By Ivor Steven
    June 10, 2024
    I stepped into the fringe of winterwhere ancient deciduous treeslooked prosaic and timewornwithout their tessellated leaves however, between the bare boughsthe birds continued to ...
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  • The image shows dark grey clouds above the distant trees
    Poetry

    Confused

    By Ivor Steven
    May 27, 2024
    Confused after a restless night I could not see daylight The iron sky was a blanket of dark, wavy clouds Dawn was anchored,  impatient and submergedout of sight  ...
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