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  • Underneath the Surface of Optimism

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Author: Ivor Steven

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  • Bird sitting on a fence
    EnvironmentPoetryLifestyle

    Birds on Fences

    By Ivor Steven
    February 20, 2023
    What side of the fencedo you sit on?Birds perched on fenceslook down on the earth Birds on fences knowThe grass is not always greeneron ...
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  • Sunflowers on field
    CreativityPoetryEntertainment

    Let Us Grow

    By Ivor Steven
    February 6, 2023
    The flowers still stand tall and strongAfter the ghastly stormNot longThey cry, before the bees do swarmAll day they hum the songConform And remain ...
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  • A luminous moon
    PoetryMemoir & Autobiographies

    On Days Like These

    By Ivor Steven
    January 9, 2023
    Missing you, like a bee and her hiveLike the sun with no skyMissing you, like the moon of last nightLike a light with no ...
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  • Oil Lamp in dark room
    CreativityFictionPoetry

    Dear Danny (an Epistolary Poem)

    By Ivor Steven
    December 12, 2022
    Dear Danny, I know your new residence is not far from here. I’m afraid “Here” happens to be the courthouse lockup. Yep! I am ...
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  • Beloved in night comforts
    PoetryMemoir & AutobiographiesLifestyle

    Every Gilded Ounce

    By Ivor Steven
    November 28, 2022
    I have given Did I ever give enough? Was there any more to give?  I received  Every gilded ounce Were her frayed fragments Ever enough What is enough? What is ...
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  • The Sky
    CreativityPoetryFantasy

    Beyond the Sky (Prose Poetry)

    By Ivor Steven
    November 14, 2022
    Today I traveled to the stars and touched the outer limits of the universe’s Milky Way. There I opened a magical storybook that traversed ...
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  • Looking at sky, and dreaming
    PoetryMemoir & AutobiographiesLifestyle

    Moonlight Words

    By Ivor Steven
    October 31, 2022
    Have I reached the summit? Of my Mt Kosciusko Is it time to retire? To the valley below Mt Beauty Or will I remain here? Within the shadows of ...
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  • Old River
    LifestyleEnvironmentMemoir & Autobiographies

    After Memoria

    By Ivor Steven
    October 17, 2022
    Where to start?When there is no beginningThe judges guns remain loadedBut there is no-one on the causeway Why is the coldest mountainIn the middle ...
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  • Stone stairway
    EnvironmentPoetryLifestyle

    I Wish, I Was Green

    By Ivor Steven
    September 19, 2022
    At 3.00 am, I wish again For the harsh sands of time To soften, after tonight’s misty rain I wish, to learn something new every day Sometimes ...
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  • Hearing
    EnvironmentPoetryLifestyle

    Hearing is Out of Sight

    By Ivor Steven
    September 5, 2022
    Do you peer through the blinds? Did you peek and wonder? About the empty street outside Why is every morning like Sunday? A solemn quietness amplified  Do you ...
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