Here Paperback - 2012
by Wislawa Szymborska
A collection of poems from Nobel Prize-winner Szymborska.
Summary
PRAISE FOR WISLAWA SZYMBORSKA
“Accessible and deeply human . . . A poet to live with.” —Robert Hass
“She teaches us how the world defies and evades the names we give it.” —Edward Hirsch
“A subtle, even a subversive muse of vulnerability and a great European poet.” —Richard Howard
"Satisfying and original . . . Extremely smart, witty, and levelheaded, [Szymborska] seduces us with her wide range of interests, her atypical lack of narcissism for a poet, and her cheerful pessimism." —Charles Simic
From the rear cover
"Praise for Wislawa Szymborska
" She teaches us how the world defies and evades the names we give it. Edward Hirsch Accessible and deeply human A poet to live with. Robert Hass
A subtle, even a subversive muse of vulnerability and a great European poet. Richard Howard "
From the jacket flap
"Praise for Wislawa Szymborska
" She teaches us how the world defies and evades the names we give it. Edward Hirsch Accessible and deeply human A poet to live with. Robert Hass
A subtle, even a subversive muse of vulnerability and a great European poet. Richard Howard "
Details
- Title Here
- Author Wislawa Szymborska
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Excellent Condit
- Pages 96
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Ecco Press, Boston, MA
- Date 2012-08-07
- ISBN 9780547592091 / 0547592094
- Weight 0.25 lbs (0.11 kg)
- Dimensions 7.8 x 4.9 x 0.4 in (19.81 x 12.45 x 1.02 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Germany
- Cultural Region: Italy
- Cultural Region: Polish
- Ethnic Orientation: Polish
- Event: Anniversary
- Event: Birthday
- Event: Graduation
- Library of Congress subjects Szymborska, Wisawa
- Dewey Decimal Code 891.851
Excerpt
Here
I can't speak for elsewhere,
but here on Earth we've got a fair supply of everything.
Here we manufacture chairs and sorrows,
scissors, tenderness, transistors, violins,
teacups, dams, and quips.
There may be more of everything elsewhere,
but for reasons left unspecified they lack paintings,
picture tubes, pierogies, handkerchiefs for tears.
Here we have countless places with vicinities.
You may take a liking to some,
give them pet names,
protect them from harm.
There may be comparable places elsewhere,
but no one thinks they're beautiful.
Like nowhere else, or almost nowhere,
you're given your own torso here,
equipped with the accessories required
for adding your own children to the rest.
Not to mention arms, legs, and astounded head.
Ignorance works overtime here,
something is always being counted, compared, measured,
from which roots and conclusions are then drawn.
I know, I know what you're thinking.
Nothing here can last,
since from and to time immemorial the elements hold sway.
But see, even the elements grow weary
and sometimes take extended breaks
before starting up again.
And I know what you're thinking next.
Wars, wars, wars.
But there are pauses in between them too.
Attention! — people are evil.
At ease — people are good.
At attention wastelands are created.
At ease houses are constructed in the sweat of brows,
and quickly inhabited.
Life on Earth is quite a bargain.
Dreams, for one, don't charge admission.
Illusions are costly only when lost.
The body has its own installment plan.
And as an extra, added feature,
you spin on the planets' carousel for free,
and with it you hitch a ride on the intergalactic blizzard,
with times so dizzying
that nothing here on Earth can even tremble.
Just take a closer look:
the table stands exactly where it stood,
the piece of paper still lies where it was spread,
through the open window comes a breath of air,
the walls reveal no terrifying cracks
through which nowhere might extinguish you.
Media reviews
"No reader, not even poetry-phobes, should miss the bright revelations of Nobel laureate Szymborska....Syzmborska is sharply ironic and lithely philosophical, pondering the phenomenal precision of dreams and the elusiveness of meaning. The neat, prancing lyrics collected in this slender, piercing book are delectable and profound." —Booklist "There is an easy charm to Szymborska's small but expansive poems." -Los Angeles Times
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