What does the world get from two people/who exist in a world of their own?
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAThis terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
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Though I may deny poets their monopoly on inspiration, I still place them in a select group of Fortune’s darlings.
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Sometimes I write quickly, sometimes I spend several weeks on a single poem. I would really love for readers not to be able to guess which of the poems took so much work!
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Even boredom should be described with gusto. How many things are happening on a day when nothing happens?
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There is so much Everything that Nothing is hidden quite nicely.
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No day copies yesterday, no two nights will teach what bliss is in precisely the same way, with precisely the same kisses.
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This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
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Memory at last has what I sought.
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It’s just not easy to explain to someone else what you don’t understand yourself.
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Even the worst book can give us something to think about.
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I’m drowning in papers.
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My choices are rejections, since there is no other way, but what I reject is more numerous, denser, more demanding than before. A little poem, a sigh, at the cost of indescribable losses.
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I started earning a living as a poet rather early on.
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Poetic talent doesn’t operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry.
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Every beginning is only a sequel, after all, and the book of events is always open halfway through.
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Something doesn’t start at its usual time. Something doesn’t happen as it should. Someone was always, always here, then suddenly disappeared and stubbornly stays disappeared.
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