Second Edition. Steven Duplij (Stepan Douplii) is a theoretical physicist, poet, and musician from Münster, Germany. Born in Chernyshevsk-Zabaikalsky, Russia, he studied and worked in Kharkov, Ukraine. He is a Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (Habilitation) and has more than 200 scientific publications, also including 9 books. His poems and prose in Russian and English have been published in numerous Russian and international literary journals, around 200 literary publications. He is a Member of the Russian Union of Writers. He holds creative meetings with lovers of poetry and art, especially during scientific trips to the USA, England, Germany, China, Spain, Poland. Steven Duplij has recorded several CD albums as well as individual (created by him, words and music) songs to the guitar at studios in Germany and USA. He has also authored 15 books on poetry and prose in 9 languages. This book is a collection of Steven Duplij's recent (September, 2025) poems and prose in English and Russian. Cover Design by V. I. Podroushnyak. English text is edited by Mike Hewitt (Canterbury, UK).