During December 2019 I blogged a series of poems to celebrate the season of Advent. Some of these were about … More
Tag: Wislawa Szymborska
Lifsaving Lines: Alone, by Tomas Tranströmer
I have been thinking a lot this week about a line from Tomas Tranströmer’s masterpiece, ‘Alone’. (I have also blogged … More
Advent Poems 4: A Little Bit About the Soul, by Wisława Szymborska
A Little Bit About the Soul A soul is something we have every now and then. Nobody has … More
Lifesaving Poems: Wisława Szymborska’s ‘Psalm’
Psalm How leaky are the borders of man-made states! How many clouds float over them scot-free, how much … More
Miracle Fair -by Wislawa Szymborska
This week saw the death of poet and Nobel Laureate Wislawa Szmborska. She was 88. Her compatriot Czeslaw Milosz described … More