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# 11. The Uses of Not
- URL: https://poetry101.love/11-the-uses-of-not/
- Published: 2023-01-20T20:26:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-01-22T02:01:10.000Z
- Description: by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Author: Melissa Anderson
- Tags: Ursula K. Le Guin, #Import 2026-11-04 19:11

Thirty spokes  
meet in the hub.  
Where the wheel isn’t  
is where it’s useful.

Hollowed out,  
clay makes a pot.  
Where the pot’s not  
is where it’s useful.

Cut doors and windows  
to make a room.  
Where the room isn’t,  
there’s room for you.

So the profit in what is  
is in the use of what isn’t.

Le Guin, Ursula K.. [Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching: A Book about the Way and the Power of the Way](https://www.google.com/books/edition/Lao%5FTzu%5FTao%5FTe%5FChing/9MKSDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&kptab=getbook&ref=poetry101.love). United Kingdom, Shambhala, 2019.