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Here | Wislawa Szymborska
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An exciting collection of poems by Wislawa Szymborska. When "Here" was published in Poland, reviewers marveled, How is it that she keeps getting better? These twenty-seven poems, as rendered by prize-winning translators Clare Cavanagh and Stanislaw Baranczak, are among her greatest ever. Whether writing about her teenage self, microscopic creatures, or the upsides to living on Earth, she remains a virtuoso of form, line, and thought. From the title poem: 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 . . . 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 astonished head. "
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shawnmooney
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TrishB Love that 👍🏻 6y
LeahBergen 👏🏻👏🏻 6y
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WanderingBookaneer
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JamieArc One of my favorite poets 💜 6y
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Betty
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It's HERE! @TheBookHippie sent this #SecretSantaGoesPostal package which I'll open on solstice day. Thank you! I'm SO excited ‼️💝📚📖🎁🎄#ssgp

Lwiesman Man, I forgot to put my Litsy handle in my box!! I‘ll wait till she post that she got it! 7y
TheBookHippie Yay!!!!!!! Oh I hope you like it all 😀 7y
Avanders 🎉🎉🎉♥️🎄 7y
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I'm not really a poetry buff, so I can't really tell you if this was poetically written well. I can say that I loved some of the poems while others went over my head. Thanks to the @bookriot #readharderchallenge for having me read a work of poetry in translation that's not about love.

hermyknee I adore your bookmark! 8y
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ulejo
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Mehso-so

Not a poetry reader, bit I kind of liked this.