Life &Poetry Entropy | 02 Feb 2012
The cherished Polish poet and Nobel Prize winner Wisława Szymborska passed away on Wednesday evening at her home in Kraków at the age of 89 “In Szymborska’s poetry, we divide ourselves not into body and surviving work but into body and unfinished whisper, poetry is no more than an unfinished whisper, laughter that swiftly falls [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Wislawa Szymborska portrays a world of astonishing diversity and richness, in which nature is wise and prodigal and fate unpredictable, if not mischievous. With acute irony tempered by a generous curiosity, she documents life’s improbability as well as its transient beauty. Dreams Despite the geologists’ knowledge and craft, mocking magnets, graphs, and maps— in a [...]
I return to Wislawa Szymborska once again.. for her simple yet profound words..”My apologies to great questions for small answers.” This poem like all her poems can be interpreted on several levels but what can be felt especially strongly is the universally human meaning, here having both an existential and a deeply ethical dimension. A [...]
Life &Poetry Entropy | 01 Aug 2009
Wislawa Szymborska’s poetry’s need no introduction on my blog, considering this is my tenth post on her work. In the words of Stanislaw Barańczak: “Wit, wisdom and warmth are equally important ingredients in the mixture of qualities that makes her so unusual and every poem of hers so unforgettable.” Under a Certain Little Star My [...]