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Born in July 2, 1923 / Died in February 1, 2012 / Poland / Polish

Poems by Wislawa Szymborska

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Some Like Poetry

... with wood for chewing and water under the bark- ...

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Going Home

... For now, though, he has curled up and gone to sleep ...

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Tortures

... alien to itself, elusive, at times certain, at others uncertain of its own existence, ...

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Still

... cor-rect, cor-rect, crash of silence on silence ...

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Pi

... over the wall, a leaf, a bird's nest, the clouds, straight into the sky, ...

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A Large Number

... My dreams—even they are not as populous as they should be ...