Coffee House Writers

Main Menu

  • Home
  • Article Categories
    • Fiction
      • Action & Adventure
      • Fantasy
      • Historical Fiction
      • Horror
      • Mystery
      • Romance
      • Science Fiction
      • Speculative Fiction
      • Suspense & Thrillers
      • Westerns
      • Women’s Fiction
      • Women Sleuths
    • Nonfiction
      • Astrology & Tarot
      • Biographies
      • Business
      • Creativity
      • Creative Nonfiction
      • Cooking, Food & Drink
      • Culture
      • Current Affairs & Politics
      • Design, Fashion & Style
      • Entertainment
      • Environment
      • Health & Wellness
      • History
      • Home & Garden
      • Lifestyle
      • Media
      • Memoir & Autobiographies
      • Paranormal
      • Parenting & Family
      • Reviews
      • Science & Technology
      • Self-Help & Relationships
      • Spiritual & Religious
      • Sports
      • Travel
      • True Crime
    • Poetry
      • Acrostic
  • About Us
    • Our Story
    • Our Founder
  • Meet Our Admin
    • Chief Editors
    • Editors
  • Testimonials
  • Apply
  • Login

logo

Coffee House Writers

  • Home
  • Article Categories
    • Fiction
      • Action & Adventure
      • Fantasy
      • Historical Fiction
      • Horror
      • Mystery
      • Romance
      • Science Fiction
      • Speculative Fiction
      • Suspense & Thrillers
      • Westerns
      • Women’s Fiction
      • Women Sleuths
    • Nonfiction
      • Astrology & Tarot
      • Biographies
      • Business
      • Creativity
      • Creative Nonfiction
      • Cooking, Food & Drink
      • Culture
      • Current Affairs & Politics
      • Design, Fashion & Style
      • Entertainment
      • Environment
      • Health & Wellness
      • History
      • Home & Garden
      • Lifestyle
      • Media
      • Memoir & Autobiographies
      • Paranormal
      • Parenting & Family
      • Reviews
      • Science & Technology
      • Self-Help & Relationships
      • Spiritual & Religious
      • Sports
      • Travel
      • True Crime
    • Poetry
      • Acrostic
  • About Us
    • Our Story
    • Our Founder
  • Meet Our Admin
    • Chief Editors
    • Editors
  • Testimonials
  • Apply
  • Login
  • The World We Leave Them

  • Jealousy

  • Aging Adventures

  • Growing Up In The Digital Age

  • Neptune’s Fortune: Part 1

  • A Thousand Shades of Love

  • Of Lockets and Pomegranates: Chapter 17

  • Kill Switch

  • Daggy Shog

  • “Water, Water”

  • What I Never Said

  • The Codfish Carbuncle Case: Chapter 4

  • Reflections on Being Human

  • Lover of the Queen: Gift

  • Red Rockets

  • A First Kiss Is Fire

  • A Fistful of Sand

  • Competition

  • Of Lockets and Pomegranates: Chapter 16

  • The Rose and the Ivy

Poetry
Home›Poetry›I’m Leaving

I’m Leaving

By Ivor Steven
April 28, 2025
430
0
Share:
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
Coffee House Writers / Ivor Steven
0
(0)

I’m leaving
Through that porthole in the clouds
And flying away from the maddening crowd

I’m avoiding
Those tiresome tyrants,
Who cover up new blood stains,
And drown our Sunflowers with their hard rain

I’m leaving
Through that mystical vortex
Where I see weary blackbirds leaving our dirty town
And fly toward this world’s golden crown

I’m traveling
Beyond the sky’s tunnel of light
Far away from this planet’s decaying curse
To find that pristine rock in our universe


Editor: Erynn Crittenden


Click on a star to rate it!

Average rating 0 / 5. Vote count: 0

No votes so far! Be the first to rate this post.

As you enjoyed this post...

Follow us on social media!

Oh no!

Let us improve this post!

Tell us how we can improve this post?

TagsFree Verse Poetry
Previous Article

Before Dawn

Next Article

Mama Knows Best – Chapter 8

0
Shares
  • 0
  • +
  • 0
  • 0

Ivor Steven

Ivor Steven was formerly an Industrial Chemist, then a Plumber, and has been writing poetry for 19 years. He has had numerous poems published in anthologies, and on-line magazines. He is an active member of the Geelong Writers Inc.(Australia), and is a team member/barista with the on-line magazine "Go Dog Go Cafe" (America).

Related articles More from author

  • An empty road with trees by the sides.
    Poetry

    A New Land

    January 26, 2026
    By Chidinma Nwonye
  • An empty hallway with large windows on the parallel walls.
    PoetryMemoir & Autobiographies

    In the Company of My Mind

    June 17, 2024
    By Chidinma Nwonye
  • hands wrapped in lights
    Poetry

    Hands

    November 18, 2019
    By Jessica Niziolek
  • A lady's eye peeking through a whole in a large leaf
    Poetry

    Slow and Steady

    May 20, 2024
    By Chidinma Nwonye
  • a forest landscape with the sun setting over horizon
    Poetry

    Salem

    October 14, 2024
    By Scarlett Faye
  • Schism in the family of elephants
    Poetry

    Three Generations Lived Together As One

    July 3, 2023
    By Ritu Anand

Leave a reply Cancel reply

You may be interested

  • a man staring down from a mountain covered in the clouds
    Poetry

    Hope Hums

  • https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=470192569681765&set=t.1391860792&type=3&theater
    Self-Help & RelationshipsEnvironmentMemoir & AutobiographiesHome & GardenCultureCreativityParenting & Family

    Sisters Are Forever

  • comic book show
    MediaFictionEntertainmentLifestyle

    Just Like Supergirl

Timeline

  • April 6, 2026

    The World We Leave Them

  • April 6, 2026

    Jealousy

  • April 6, 2026

    Aging Adventures

  • April 6, 2026

    Growing Up In The Digital Age

  • April 6, 2026

    Neptune’s Fortune: Part 1

Latest Comments

  • LC Ahl (Lucy)
    on
    April 6, 2026
    What a beautiful piece. I love your description: "That’s the beauty of love, its layers like ...

    A Thousand Shades of Love

  • LC Ahl (Lucy)
    on
    April 6, 2026
    I love your story Amanda! Can't wait to read and find out what happens next. The ...

    Neptune’s Fortune: Part 1

  • Leah
    on
    March 10, 2026
    Andrew's work is always my favorite, I love how he explores different emotions and life ...

    Streetlights and Stars

  • Ivor Steven
    on
    March 4, 2026
    Thank you so much for your lovely words, and forreading my poem here on CHW, Eugi ...

    Dawn’s Symphony of Light

  • Eugi
    on
    March 3, 2026
    Lovely poem, Ivor. You beautifully expressed morning bliss. 💕

    Dawn’s Symphony of Light

About us

  • coffeehousewriters3@gmail.com

Donate to Coffee House Writers

Coindrop.to me

Follow us

© Copyright 2018-2026 Coffee House Writers. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s administrator and owner is strictly prohibited. Privacy Policy · Disclaimer