Poem of the Day, 29 Aug 2025
Howdy there,
Today’s poem is: “When You Are Old” by William Butler Yeats
May his lines brighten your day with beauty and stillness.
Have a great weekend,
Rethabile
Post Scriptum: W. B. Yeats (1865–1939) was an Irish poet and dramatist, a leader of the Irish Literary Revival and co-founder of the Abbey Theatre; blending myth, mysticism, and modernist craft, he shaped 20th-century verse—from early lush romanticism to a hard, late style—and, after receiving the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature, remained a defining voice on time, nationhood, and the occult.
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