2270 by U Tak - Poems | Academy of American Poets

Holding thorns in one hand
and a stick in the other,
I tried to block with thorns the road to age
and bat white hair with my stick.
But the grey hair knew better
and slipped by me taking a short cut.

Credit

This poem is in the public domain. Classical Korean Poetry: More Than 600 Verses since the 12^th Century (Fremont, California: Asian Humanities Press, 1994).

Author

U Tak

U Tak, born in 1263, was a Korean philosopher of neo-Confucianism and poet. He died in 1343.

Date Published

01/01/1994