Tag Archives: Aging

Beaten Down by Life

By Robin Bates | Published: October 28, 2014

This Scott Bates fable takes a sober look at the aging process.

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The Violins of Autumn

By Robin Bates | Published: September 23, 2014

I still remember memorizing, as a child in a French school, Paul Verlaine’s deliciously sad “Chanson d’automne.”

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Wonder in an Old Leather Mitt

By Robin Bates | Published: August 9, 2014

Emilio DeGrazia’s poems about an old leather mitt is a wonderful meditation on aging.

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The Night Father Fell Out of Bed

By Robin Bates | Published: July 11, 2013

I take a page from James Thurber and the author of Madeleine as I describe “The Night My Father Fell Out of Bed.”

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What Rises So Far Above into the Light?

By Robin Bates | Published: July 7, 2013

Denise Levertov’s poem about moving amongst tall trees becomes a meditation on life and afterlife.

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Paying Poetic Homage to Life

By Robin Bates | Published: June 3, 2013

Here’s a lovely poem which you probably don’t know about paying “homage to life.”

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The Bard Captures Old Age Perfectly

By Robin Bates | Published: May 30, 2013

Since starting to care for aging parents, I’ve become very impressed with Shakespeare’s “the world’s a stage” speech.

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Returning Home to Aging Parents

By Robin Bates | Published: May 21, 2013

Marilynne’s Robinson’s novel “Home” captures some of my own experience returning home.

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Poetry, a Lifeline for the Desperate

By Robin Bates | Published: July 20, 2012

In Lee Chang Dong’s “Poetry,” an old woman poetry as a way to address the overwhelming challenges of her life.

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