Poems for the Speed of Life

PTLWB 28: "Forgetfulness", by Billy Collins


Listen Later

This is Episode 28 of Poems to Live Well By.

Today’s poem is "Forgetfulness" by Billy Collins.

You can read the poem here.

Billy Collins is an American poet, formerly New York State poet and Poet Laureate of the United States in the early 2000s. He has published 17 collections. 

This poem, "Forgetfulness" is lighthearted, but as serious as it gets too, as it considers the processing of ageing, of what is happening in our mind. As always, you’re invited to read the poem, and to allow it to speak to you however it speaks to you.

Music Credit:

Once Upon a Time by Alex-Productions | https://onsound.eu/  | Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Poems for the Speed of LifeBy Poems for the Speed of Life

  • 4.3
  • 4.3
  • 4.3
  • 4.3
  • 4.3

4.3

6 ratings


More shows like Poems for the Speed of Life

View all
On Being with Krista Tippett by On Being Studios

On Being with Krista Tippett

10,167 Listeners

The Daily Poem by Goldberry Studios

The Daily Poem

744 Listeners

Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story by Vanity Fair

Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story

207 Listeners