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World, Adam Zagajewski, Poetry, Collection, Languages, English, Translations, Poland, Polish, Clare Cavanagh

Transformation by Adam Zagajewski

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1.06k

"I’ve lived humbly, reading the paper, / pondering the riddle of power / and the reasons for obedience."

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yearning, living, grace, nature, readalittlepoetry, poetry, anxiety, birds, change, writing, flowers, transformation

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World, Julia Hartwig, Poetry, Collection, Read More Women, Languages, English, Translations, Poland, Polish

Demand It Courageously by Julia Hartwig

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23 November 2017

801

"Make some room for yourself, human animal. / Even a dog jostles about on his master’s lap to / improve his position."

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self, living, persistence, poetry, gratitude, freedom, being human, courage, dogs, feral

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World, Czeslaw Milosz, Poetry, Collection, Languages, English, Translations, Poland, Polish

Encounter by Czeslaw Milosz

By T.

680

"O my love, where are they, where are they going / The flash of a hand, streak of movement, rustle of pebbles."

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memory, growing old, mortality, poetry, awe, dawn, time, tenderness, questions

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World, Wisława Szymborska, Poetry, Collection, Read More Women, Translations, Poland, Polish, Clare Cavanagh, Stanislaw Baranczak

True Love by Wisława Szymborska

By T.

780

"Let the people who never find true love / keep saying that there’s no such thing. // Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die."

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relationships, readalittlepoetry, living, love, people, adulthood, poetry, questions, curiosity

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