Tiredness Sets In

Last night’s twilight felt a little weary, the sun dimming behind the clouds as if it shared my winter tiredness. That small moment became this poem.





Tiredness Sets In



Why is the setting sun
looking so tired and underpowered,
there behind the wistful cloud’s
long caramel bun?

Is it the darkness
of the tree’s silhouettes on the horizon
or the sogginess
of the meadow’s lush green ocean?

Perhaps it’s the foreground’s prickly shrubs
that are holding your eyelids up
before you are allowed to clutch
twilight’s welcoming goodnight hugs.




A quiet, dusk‑lit piece to echo the sun’s underpowered drift — a gentle soundtrack for winter tiredness.




Ivor Steven ©  July 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.

29 thoughts on “Tiredness Sets In”

  5. AW!!! and OOH! 🙂 What a lovely poem! And it expresses winter-tiredness so creatively…such amazing weavings of words and vivid word-pics! I like the “long caramel bun”, the “prickly shrubs” and “twilight’s welcoming good-night hugs”!!! 🙂
    Speaking of hugs…(((HUGS))) for you and for Frankie!!! 🙂 ❤️❤️❤️

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    1. Wow … maybe we should join the birds and fly north for winter 🥶 … thank you for all of your thoughtful words and I’m very pleased you enjoyed my creative whimsy phases, Carolyn (((HUGS))) 💙🌏📘🎶📖🥰🥶💕

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