aging
| Title | First Line | Theme(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Self-Portrait | "The mirror lacks depth," | reflection aging |
| Abrasive Time | "Just think how alert we would all need to be" | aging time |
| Eighty Birthdays | "This cake, a snow-topped hill," | aging longing |
| A Hawk Is Not a Rabbit | "He got the message!" | independence aging |
| No Word for the Wise | "We can tell the year's close" | winter aging |
| Retirement Blues | "Neither anger nor reproach will" | aging life |
| Retirement Time Is the Time to Retire | "About twilight, swallows stitched" | retirement aging |
| The Backward Flow | "A man bent with the burden" | aging fall |
| Banish Morning Fear | "When he woke at dawn, it was his habit to think" | aging mortality |
| The Way the Light Shines | "The shrill singing of cicada" | aging friendship |