I return to Wislawa Szymborska’s seemingly simple verses which deal with the profoundness in life through small details of daily existence… ABC I’ll never find out now What A. thought of me. If B. ever forgave me in the end. Why C. pretended everything was fine. What part D. played in E.’s silence. What F. [...]
“The word and the shadow of the word / makes a thing both itself and something else / till we are metaphors and not ourselves . . .” -Derek Walcott Nobel laureate Derek Walcott, recently named winner of the TS Eliot prize for the best new collection of poems published in the UK or Ireland.The [...]
Books &Poetry Entropy | 07 Jan 2011
In the words of the Poet Edward Hirsch – ” She teaches us how the World defies and evades the names we give it “ A new book of poems by Wislawa Szymborska is a rare and exciting event. When recently her Book “ Here “ was published in Poland, reviewers marveled, “How is it that [...]
I have defined poetry as a ‘passionate pursuit of the Real. – Czeslaw Milosz, Wish to begin first post of the New year on a mixed note of cynicism and hope, with this relevant poem .. When the Time’s Toxins When the time’s toxins have seeped into every cell and like a salted plot from [...]
In the wake of irreversible climate changes, when predictable Seasons are disappearing, wish to share this reminiscent poem on autumn by W.S Merwin How It Happens The sky said I am watching to see what you can make out of nothing I was looking up and I said I thought you were supposed to be [...]
Life &Poetry Entropy | 02 Nov 2010
This Deepavali, festival of lights, wish to share this prophetic poem by Wendell Berry a poet, novelist, essayist, philosopher and farmer.– ” To be Sane in a Mad Time is Bad for the Brain, Worse for the Heart “. Questionnaire… 1.) How much poison are you willing to eat for the success of the free [...]