Author: Ivor Steven
A Seventy-Year-Old Mind
I cry like a newborn babyI have the naive curiosity of a childOver the years I have learnt to listenAnd the wisdom gainedLives onInside ...Red Lilies Under Broken Ground
Do the selfish greedy fewWatch the innocent dieAnd bleed upon the morning dewDo they inhale the red dustAbove the crumbling homes of trust Has ...Why Wait? The Boat Is Sinking Anyway
My efforts to solve failures go amissSomehow the goals keep moving in the mistI am misunderstanding what I need to knowI only understand what ...Crawling Out Of A Dark Void
Ivor Steven gives us another riveting perspective into life and the sudden realizations thrust upon us.Strong Undertows
Time hears no commandThe sky is our blue grandstandOverseeing oceans and landsAs the sun warms our silent clock hands The seasons come and goSpringtime ...In The Blink Of An Eye (a Tanka)
Introduction:A special thank you to Ingrid of Experiments in Fiction, for recommending I watch the movie, “The Diving Bell And The Butterfly”. The Tanka ...Loose Pebbles
I am daydreamingand adrift in my surroundingsof misty humid cloudswearing humanity’s torn shroudand a blue mask that still looks loud I imagine myself shufflingalong ...A Day At The Races
I awoke with moonbeams dancingin my heartand happy stardust sparkling in my eyesknowing my first gatheringout of lockdownwas going to be a fun barbecue ...Cast In Marble
A new spring is about to startTen lost winters have weathered my heartAnd mud-larks still sing until dark Bridges of dreams were crossedThe ocean ...Pebbles Fade Into Dust
Long ago, I lay bruised on a pebble beach The jagged rocks had cut me deep I remained bleeding and afraid Beached, my heart ...










