Dark Grains of Sand

Twilight has a way of softening the edges of the day. In that fading light, time feels loose in the hands, slipping grain by grain. Dark Grains of Sand follows that quiet fall into evening.





Dark Grains of Sand


As the sun sinks
beyond the land,
the horizon’s sky swirls
like tanned quicksand.

As the night begins to melt
into tawny strands,
twilight unfurls across
the wandering bard’s grandstand.

As the grains of time
drift through his hands
the encroaching darkness
remains unmanned and unplanned.





Bob Dylan’s “Every Grain of Sand” drifts through the same twilight hush — a perfect echo for this piece.





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.

21 thoughts on “Dark Grains of Sand”

  5. A beautiful weaving of your photos, your poem, and Mr. Dylan’s song! 🙂
    Your poem….Oh, what a brilliant way to describe twilight…so heart-touching and calming. 🙂
    Twilight is such an important part of each day and each night…lovely transitioning…dawn and dusk…and, yet, so many people miss it spending time with twilight.
    (((HUGS))) ☀️🌅❤️🌙🌇

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    1. I’m sure twilight time is good for the soul, I think it’s an important process of nature cleansing our minds, ready for a restful sleep and renewal for the next day, Carolyn 🥰📖📘🌏🐶💕🎶

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  10. We all, try our best, to, hold on to the, slipping sands of, time, and yet, the harder we try, the quicker they, slip away from, us, and, we end up, losing even MORE time that we are already, losing, way too, fast of.

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