High Hopes

Over the past week, I’ve found myself looking skyward more often than usual. Between writing, photography, and preparing a recent radio article, air, light, and freedom have kept weaving through my thoughts.
Then, after all the planning and concentration had passed, this poem arrived unannounced. Inspired by a dragonfly dancing beneath a bright spring sky, High Hopes felt less like a piece I wrote and more like an exhale after a long creative stretch.





High Hopes


I’m whirring and whizzing around
beneath a gentle blue shroud
between the wispy white clouds,
and Earth’s swampy ground.

The sun’s radiant rays are catching my eye,
dazzling enough to make me joyfully cry.
My wings are glossily glimmering
as I zoom and dance from tree to tree,
sprightly laughing and wishing
the whole world could feel my glee,
and wistfully inherit and occupy
all the freedom which surrounds me.





After completing this poem and reflecting on an unexpectedly creative few days, this song arrived from my brother at exactly the right moment. Sometimes the universe knows the closing line before we do.


“High hopes written,
spring sunlight captured,
the dragonfly released,
and now… breathe.“



Ivor Steven ©  October 2026

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G'day, and welcome to my blog site. My name is Ivor Steven, I live in Geelong, Australia. I'm an ex-industrial chemist, and a retired plumber, and a former Carer of my wife(Carole), for 30 years, who suffered from severe MS. I Write poetry about those personal thoughts, throughout and beyond my life as a Carer. I've been blogging for over 2 years, and writing poems for 19 years. Of course a lot of my poems are about my favourite subject Carole, but since I've been blogging my writings have become quite varied, humourous, mystical, observational, and even a few monster/horror poems.

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  3. Oh, so wonderful and uplifting, Ivor, your photos, your poem, and the song!
    I’m so glad the dragonfly “brought” you a poem on it’s wings! πŸ™‚ Dragonflies are so amazing and magical! They have always fascinated me and made me smile. πŸ™‚
    YAY for your dear brother sending you THAT song!
    (((HUGS))), 🩡🩡🩡, and β˜οΈβ‹†.Λšβ‹†ΛšΰΏ”ΰ½ΰ½²ΰΌΰ½‹ΰΎ€π“‚ƒβ‹†ΛšΰΏ”β‹†β˜οΈ !!! πŸ™‚

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    1. Thank you for all of your wonderful words, and the dragonflies prompted me to write happy exhale about recovering from the 10 days trying times , Carolyn πŸ₯°πŸŒπŸ˜ŽπŸŽΆπŸ“–πŸ€—πŸ“˜πŸΆπŸ’•

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