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
  • Loxirus Special

  • Crossroads

  • Neptune’s Fortune: Part 10

  • A Girl and Her Horse

  • Living the Dream

  • Of Lockets and Pomegranates: Chapter 30

  • Don’t Worry, Home is Anywhere

  • Fish Heads

  • Grief, Hope, and Parker

  • For Mom

  • Real Girl

  • Never Too Late

  • Of Lockets and Pomegranates: Chapter 29

  • The Aging of Timber

  • A Love Note

  • Odd Extremes

  • How Soon We Forget: Debunking 9/11 Conspiracy Theories

  • Of Lockets and Pomegranates: Chapter 28

  • Tending my Garden

  • Pierrot

Poetry
Home›Poetry›Paddling In Time

Paddling In Time

By Ivor Steven
October 20, 2025
451
6
Share:
The image is of three kayakers paddling along a river
Coffee House Writers / Ivor Steven
5
(1)

paddling in time, 
tracing tranquility’s lines. 

rowing upstream,  
or flowing downstream– 
no matter. 

time floats in no direction. 
time hears no commands. 
time flies in the sky. 
time is not a passenger. 
time neither says hello nor goodbye. 
time never dies. 


Editor: Erynn Crittenden

Click on a star to rate it!

Average rating 5 / 5. Vote count: 1

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 PoetryTime-Travel
Previous Article

Failure: The Key to Success

Next Article

Zombie Killer Squad: Chapter Eight

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

  • Candlelight
    CreativitySelf-Help & RelationshipsPoetry

    Judas

    December 4, 2023
    By Scarlett Faye
  • Solitude in trees
    Self-Help & RelationshipsPoetryRomance

    Escape

    March 4, 2024
    By Scarlett Faye
  • Puzzle
    Poetry

    The Mind

    April 22, 2020
    By Shannon Meyers
  • Outer Space
    Poetry

    Misplaced in Space

    July 10, 2023
    By Ivor Steven
  • Heart
    Poetry

    My heart

    April 10, 2023
    By Ritu Anand
  • The image is of a flat tree lined horizon under a clear blue sky
    Poetry

    Now Falls Into Then

    July 14, 2025
    By Ivor Steven

6 comments

  1. violet 20 October, 2025 at 09:26 Reply

    Loved this Ivor! I think this is right up there in my top five of all the poems I have read of yours. Bravo, my friend!

    • Ivor Steven 20 October, 2025 at 19:12 Reply

      Thank you for your wonderful remarks, Violet … “Time” is such an intangible phenomenon to write about, and I enjoy delving into the essence of time …

  2. Ali 20 October, 2025 at 13:02 Reply

    I hear a sense of peace in your poem. Beautiful, Ivor.

    • Ivor Steven 24 October, 2025 at 05:08 Reply

      Many thanks for visiting my poem here at Coffee House Writers Magazine, and thank you for your lovely words, Ali

  3. Ivor Steven 24 October, 2025 at 05:08 Reply

    Many thanks for visiting my poem here at Coffee House Writers Magazine, and thank you for your lovely words, Ali

  4. Susi 3 November, 2025 at 19:41 Reply

    Beautiful, Ivor!

Leave a reply Cancel reply

You may be interested

  • Houses of neighbors
    Home & GardenEnvironmentHealth & WellnessCultureLifestyleHistoryRomanceCreativityParenting & FamilySelf-Help & RelationshipsPoetryMemoir & Autobiographies

    Neighbors

  • Rings
    Parenting & FamilyFictionEntertainment

    Prequel : Betrothal Jitters

  • From Cursive To Curses
    FictionFantasyMystery

    From Cursive To Curses- Part I

Timeline

  • October 5, 2026

    Loxirus Special

  • October 5, 2026

    Crossroads

  • October 5, 2026

    Neptune’s Fortune: Part 10

  • October 5, 2026

    A Girl and Her Horse

  • October 5, 2026

    Living the Dream

Latest Comments

  • LC Ahl (Lucy)
    on
    October 5, 2026
    I like all your labels. Does this make you feel more superior because you believe I ...

    Post 9/11

  • Shannon Richards
    on
    October 5, 2026
    Yes, yes, it's rather interesting that the experience of upper-class, cis-het white women diverges from that ...

    Post 9/11

  • LC Ahl (Lucy)
    on
    October 3, 2026
    Facebook and Reddit groups are all about women who just like to complain. I may not ...

    Post 9/11

  • Shannon Richards
    on
    September 14, 2026
    There are Facebook and Reddit groups dedicated to women expressing ongoing frustration over flying with breastmilk. ...

    Post 9/11

  • Seth Corry
    on
    September 1, 2026
    thank you!

    Imagine This

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