Showing posts with label Ursula LeGuin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ursula LeGuin. Show all posts

Thursday, April 17, 2025

A Gathering of Poetry

 Good Morning!

Once again we come to a Thursday in April...National Poetry Month.  As in previous weeks in April, I am joining BonnyKymSarah and Kat to share poems with you.  This week we are sharing poems on aging.  I recently came across this poem by Ursula LeGuin.


Theory of Aging

 

As the number of the years gets bigger

the year itself grows smaller

but heavier.  It acquires gravity.

It will finally get so heavy

that it cannot continue as it is

but implodes to a black hole

into which sink all the years

becoming numberless

and utterly weightless.

This poem and others can be found in a recent volume of poetry I read:  So Far So Good Final Poems 2014 - 2018 by Ursula K. LeGuin.