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A review by darwin8u
View With a Grain of Sand: Selected Poems by Stanisław Barańczak, Wisława Szymborska, Clare Cavanagh
5.0
"Don't bear me ill will, speech, that I borrow weighty words,
then labor heavily so that they may seem light."
-- Wisława Szymborska, View With a Grain of Sand
Such a great overview of Szymorska's poetry. Once in Hungary I watched a guy ride two horses at full gallop while standing on their backs. Reading Szymorska reminds me of that. I grasp the technicals of what she is doing. I understand that nothing she writes in either style or practice actually defies the ACTUAL physics of writing, but something about her finished poems still seem magical and beyond reach. Her poems are like spiderwebs that hold up planets. Anyway, I'll put the hyperbole in my pocket now and just say I loved the book.
then labor heavily so that they may seem light."
-- Wisława Szymborska, View With a Grain of Sand
Such a great overview of Szymorska's poetry. Once in Hungary I watched a guy ride two horses at full gallop while standing on their backs. Reading Szymorska reminds me of that. I grasp the technicals of what she is doing. I understand that nothing she writes in either style or practice actually defies the ACTUAL physics of writing, but something about her finished poems still seem magical and beyond reach. Her poems are like spiderwebs that hold up planets. Anyway, I'll put the hyperbole in my pocket now and just say I loved the book.