Encounter by Czeslaw Milosz
"O my love, where are they, where are they going / The flash of a hand, streak of movement, rustle of pebbles."
The Greatest Love by Anna Swir
"She is sixty. She lives / the greatest love of her life." – Anna Swir
Some People Like Poetry by Wisława Szymborska
"More than one flimsy answer / has been given to that question." – Wisława Szymborska
True Love by Wisława Szymborska
"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." – Wisława Szymborska
In Praise of My Sister by Wisława Szymborska
"Her soups are delicious without ulterior motives. / Her coffee doesn't spill on manuscripts." — Wisława Szymborska
The End and the Beginning by Wisława Szymborska
"After every war / someone has to clean up. / Things won't / straighten themselves up, after all." — Wisława Szymborska