Fifty Is a Time of Hope and Healing

November 15, 2020

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is being fifty.

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A number poem for fifty as an age when one begins to think more immediately about death:

Fifty is a time of hope and healing,
In which one reconciles oneself with death,
Feeling grateful for the grace of feeling
The passion that ambition was concealing,
Yielding joy for the gift of every breath.

© by Nicholas Gordon

To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/50d.html. For more number poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/numberpoems.html.

This week’s theme: Being Fifty
November 9: For You There Can Be No Regret
November 10: For Those Who Would Make Life a Thing of Beauty
November 11: For You It’s Been a Steep and Sometimes Tortured
November 12: Fifty Is a Moment for Reflection
November 13: Fifty’s Full of Life and Well-Tuned Vigor
November 14: Fifty Can Be Taken Well in Stride
November 15: Fifty Is a Time of Hope and Healing