[Arts] GOLD: a poetry anthology on aging

The Growing Older Living Deeply (GOLD) Poetry Project was sparked to honour the talent, mastery, and creative force of older adults.

The project name, GOLD, declares aging as a time of value, continued meaning-making, and creativity. Oftentimes, aging is flattened into extremes: either decline and stagnation or masked by forced optimism. This anthology instead approaches aging as a continuum, revealing the nuanced, complex, and personal experiences that are seldom talked about.

The poems presented to you in this anthology were selected from four Canada-wide calls for poetry organized around the themes of Power and Resistance; Time, Memory, and Legacy; Place and Belonging; and Self and Identity. These themes were intentionally chosen to invite poets to reflect not only on individual experience, but on the wider social, historical, and emotional contexts that shape how we age.

Visit https://www.theagecollective.com/projects/gold to explore the anthology, along with the project's impact and biographies of poets.