#szymborska — Public Fediverse posts

@the_marginalian
2/2
"we just don’t know; whatever we might think of this measureless theater to which we’ve got reserved tickets, but tickets whose lifespan is laughably short, bounded as it is by two arbitrary dates; whatever else we might think of this world — it is astonishing."

#poetry
#poets
#quotes
#Szymborska

@the_marginalian
1/2
"The world — whatever we might think when terrified by its vastness and our own impotence, or embittered by its indifference to individual suffering, of people, animals, and perhaps even plants, for why are we so sure that plants feel no pain; whatever we might think of its expanses pierced by the rays of stars surrounded by planets we’ve just begun to discover, planets already dead? still dead?

#poetry
#poets
#quotes
#Szymborska

Verduras, hortalizas, versos y sentimientos 🥬🧅🎶📘 https://letrasprestadas-clubpickwick.blogspot.com/2022/06/verduras-hortalizas-versos-y.html Te propongo un paseo por obras relacionadas con estos alimentos, una forma de alimentación sana y saludable. Nos acompañan #Szymborska, #Neruda, #AlbertoCortez, #Serrat y #MateoFlecha el Viejo

El agua y el mar 🎶🌊🏖️ https://letrasprestadas-clubpickwick.blogspot.com/2023/07/el-agua-y-el-mar.html Unas reflexiones sobre el agua, su escasez y utilización, así como el disfrute en el aspecto recreativo que le damos. Nos acompañan obras de #Cortazar, #Szymborska, #RosaliadeCastro, #Wagner, #Purcell y #Debussy

Verduras, hortalizas, versos y sentimientos 🧅🎶📘 https://letrasprestadas-clubpickwick.blogspot.com/2022/06/verduras-hortalizas-versos-y.html Te propongo un paseo por obras relacionadas con estos alimentos, una forma de alimentación sana y saludable. Nos acompañan #Szymborska, #Neruda, #AlbertoCortez, #Serrat y #MateoFlecha el Viejo

El agua y el mar 📚💦 https://letrasprestadas-clubpickwick.blogspot.com/2023/07/el-agua-y-el-mar.html Unas reflexiones sobre el agua, su escasez y utilización, así como el disfrute en el aspecto recreativo que le damos. Nos acompañan obras de #Cortazar, #Szymborska, #RosaliadeCastro, #Wagner, #Purcell y #Debussy

Verduras, hortalizas, versos y sentimientos 🥗🎼📕 https://letrasprestadas-clubpickwick.blogspot.com/2022/06/verduras-hortalizas-versos-y.html Te propongo un paseo por obras relacionadas con estos alimentos, una forma de alimentación sana y saludable. Nos acompañan #Szymborska, #Neruda, #AlbertoCortez, #Serrat y #MateoFlecha el Viejo

El agua y el mar 📚💦🌊 https://letrasprestadas-clubpickwick.blogspot.com/2023/07/el-agua-y-el-mar.html Unas reflexiones sobre el agua, su escasez y utilización, así como el disfrute en el aspecto recreativo que le damos. Nos acompañan obras de #Cortazar, #Szymborska, #RosaliadeCastro, #Wagner, #Purcell y #Debussy

Verduras, hortalizas, versos y sentimientos 🥬🧅🥗 https://letrasprestadas-clubpickwick.blogspot.com/2022/06/verduras-hortalizas-versos-y.html Te propongo un paseo por obras relacionadas con estos alimentos, una forma de alimentación sana y saludable. Nos acompañan #Szymborska, #Neruda, #AlbertoCortez, #Serrat y #MateoFlecha el Viejo

Mira esa nube 🎶📘🗯️ https://letrasprestadas-clubpickwick.blogspot.com/2021/06/mira-esa-nube.html Te propongo acercar la mirada a esas nubes que pasan efímeras y mantener la capacidad de asombro contemplando sus fugaces figuras. Con #Szymborska, #Debussy, #Handel, #Mozart, #PereCalders, #Jaroussky y #Altolaguirre

El agua y el mar 💦🌊⛵️ https://letrasprestadas-clubpickwick.blogspot.com/2023/07/el-agua-y-el-mar.html Unas reflexiones sobre el agua, su escasez y utilización, así como el disfrute en el aspecto recreativo que le damos. Nos acompañan obras de #Cortazar, #Szymborska, #RosaliadeCastro, #Wagner, #Purcell y #Debussy

Mira esa nube 🎶🎵📘📖🗯️ https://letrasprestadas-clubpickwick.blogspot.com/2021/06/mira-esa-nube.html Te propongo acercar la mirada a esas nubes que pasan efímeras y mantener la capacidad de asombro contemplando sus fugaces figuras. Con #Szymborska, #Debussy, #Handel, #Mozart, #PereCalders, #Jaroussky y #Altolaguirre

Mira esa nube 🎶🎵📘📖🗯️ https://letrasprestadas-clubpickwick.blogspot.com/2021/06/mira-esa-nube.html Te propongo acercar la mirada a esas nubes que pasan efímeras y mantener la capacidad de asombro contemplando sus fugaces figuras. Con #Szymborska, #Debussy, #Handel, #Mozart, #PereCalders, #Jaroussky y #Altolaguirre

Mira esa nube 🎵📘🗯️ https://letrasprestadas-clubpickwick.blogspot.com/2021/06/mira-esa-nube.html Te propongo acercar la mirada a esas nubes que pasan, efímeras y cambiantes cielos y mantener nuestra capacidad de asombro con la contemplación de sus fugaces figuras. Con obras de #Szymborska, #Debussy, #Handel, #Mozart, #PereCalders, #Jaroussky y #Altolaguirre

Aquel viaje que (no) hicimos 🚚🖋️ https://letrasprestadas-clubpickwick.blogspot.com/2020/05/aquel-viaje-que-no-hicimos.html Te propongo un paseo por algunas experiencias de viajes y su organización hasta otros que no llegaron a realizarse. Nos acompañan #Cortazar, #CarolDumlop, #Rossini, #SanchezVerdu, #Szymborska,y #FernandezCaballero

Aquel viaje que (no) hicimos 🚂🖋️ https://letrasprestadas-clubpickwick.blogspot.com/2020/05/aquel-viaje-que-no-hicimos.html Te propongo un paseo por algunas experiencias de viajes y su organización hasta otros que no llegaron a realizarse. Nos acompañan #Cortazar, #CarolDumlop, #Rossini, #SanchezVerdu, #Szymborska,y #FernandezCaballero

Aquel viaje que (no) hicimos 🚚🖋️📖 https://letrasprestadas-clubpickwick.blogspot.com/2020/05/aquel-viaje-que-no-hicimos.html Te propongo un paseo por algunas experiencias de viajes y su organización hasta otros que no llegaron a realizarse. Con #Cortazar, #CarolDumlop, #Rossini, #SanchezVerdu, #Szymborska,y #FernandezCaballero

Aquel viaje que (no) hicimos 🚗📖 https://letrasprestadas-clubpickwick.blogspot.com/2020/05/aquel-viaje-que-no-hicimos.html Te propongo un paseo por algunas experiencias de viajes y su organización hasta otros que no llegaron a realizarse. Nos acompañan #Cortazar, #CarolDumlop, #Rossini, #SanchezVerdu, #Szymborska,y #FernandezCaballero

Más que #paisajes 📚🎶⛰️🛤️ https://letrasprestadas-clubpickwick.blogspot.com/2021/05/mas-que-paisajes.html Te propongo acercarnos a unos paisajes literarios y musicales que intentan, y lo consiguen, superar la realidad en que se encuentran inmersos. Con #Puccini, #Szymborska, #Yourcenar, #Rautavaara

Más que #paisajes 📚🛤️ https://letrasprestadas-clubpickwick.blogspot.com/2021/05/mas-que-paisajes.html Te propongo acercarnos a unos paisajes literarios y musicales que intentan, y lo consiguen, superar la realidad en que se encuentran inmersos. Con #Puccini, #Szymborska, #Yourcenar, #Rautavaara

Más que #paisajes 📚🎶⛰️🛤️ https://letrasprestadas-clubpickwick.blogspot.com/2021/05/mas-que-paisajes.html Te propongo acercarnos a unos paisajes literarios y musicales que intentan, y lo consiguen, superar la realidad en que se encuentran inmersos. Con #Puccini, #Szymborska, #Yourcenar, #Rautavaara

Más que #paisajes 📚🎶⛰️🛤️ https://letrasprestadas-clubpickwick.blogspot.com/2021/05/mas-que-paisajes.html Te propongo acercarnos a unos paisajes literarios y musicales que intentan, y lo consiguen, superar la realidad en que se encuentran inmersos. Con #Puccini, #Szymborska, #Yourcenar, #Rautavaara

Más que #paisajes 🎶⛰️ https://letrasprestadas-clubpickwick.blogspot.com/2021/05/mas-que-paisajes.html Te propongo acercarnos a unos paisajes literarios y musicales que intentan, y lo consiguen, superar la realidad en que se encuentran inmersos. Con #Puccini, #Szymborska, #Yourcenar, #Rautavaara

Más que #paisajes 📚🛤️ https://letrasprestadas-clubpickwick.blogspot.com/2021/05/mas-que-paisajes.html Te propongo acercarnos a unos paisajes literarios y musicales que intentan, y lo consiguen, superar la realidad en que se encuentran inmersos. Con #Puccini, #Szymborska, #Yourcenar, #Rautavaara

Más que #paisajes 📚🛤️ https://letrasprestadas-clubpickwick.blogspot.com/2021/05/mas-que-paisajes.html Te propongo acercarnos a unos paisajes literarios y musicales que intentan, y lo consiguen, superar la realidad en que se encuentran inmersos. Con #Puccini, #Szymborska, #Yourcenar, #Rautavaara

Más que #paisajes 📚⛰️ https://letrasprestadas-clubpickwick.blogspot.com/2021/05/mas-que-paisajes.html Te propongo acercarnos a unos paisajes literarios y musicales que intentan, y lo consiguen, superar la realidad en que se encuentran inmersos. Con #Puccini, #Szymborska, #Yourcenar, #Rautavaara

📖 #PoesíaCompleta, muy buen libro de #Szymborska. En mi caso, quita los prejuicios de que la #poesía no se puede traducir, supongo que en polaco tendrá rimas y otras cuestiones que se pierden en la traducción, pero aun así es una lectura que merece la pena. 7/10.
#Literatura.

#TalDiaComoHoy, 3/14 es el #DiadelNumeroPi y el #DiadelasMatemáticas 🎶π🎂 https://letrasprestadas-clubpickwick.blogspot.com/2022/03/feliz-dia-numero-pi.html Te propongo un paseo por textos y músicas que nos acercan a ellos. Con obras de #Bach, #Mozart, #LesLuthiers, #RafaelAlberti y #Szymborska.

¡Feliz día, Número Pi! 🎶π📝 https://letrasprestadas-clubpickwick.blogspot.com/2022/03/feliz-dia-numero-pi.html Aprovechando que el 3/14 celebramos el #DiadelNumeroPi y el #DiadelasMatemáticas, te propongo un paseo por textos y músicas que nos acercan a ellos. Con obras de #Bach, #Mozart, #LesLuthiers, #RafaelAlberti y #Szymborska.

¡Feliz día, Número Pi! π🎂📝 https://letrasprestadas-clubpickwick.blogspot.com/2022/03/feliz-dia-numero-pi.html Aprovechando que el 3/14 celebramos el #DiadelNumeroPi y el #DiadelasMatemáticas, te propongo un paseo por textos y músicas que nos acercan a ellos. Con obras de #Bach, #Mozart, #LesLuthiers, #RafaelAlberti y #Szymborska.

¡Feliz día, Número Pi! 🎶π🎂 https://letrasprestadas-clubpickwick.blogspot.com/2022/03/feliz-dia-numero-pi.html Aprovechando que el 3/14 celebramos el #DiadelNumeroPi y el #DiadelasMatemáticas, te propongo un paseo por textos y músicas que nos acercan a ellos. Con obras de #Bach, #Mozart, #LesLuthiers, #RafaelAlberti y #Szymborska.

My eldest son had to copy a poem for homework. We started looking for poetry books at home. I gave him one by #Szymborska, kept looking, found a translation of #LeonardCohen, skipped it, skipped a few by #NathanAlterman, and found another Szymborska and sat down with it myself. I suggested "In Praise of Self-Deprecation" and waited nervously while he read it. Finally he said, "this is perfect" and my heart leapt.

Soñar cuando estamos despiertos como #Miro 👨🏻🎨🗯️ https://letrasprestadas-clubpickwick.blogspot.com/2021/12/suenos-que-nos-hacen-crecer.html Un paseo por esos #sueños que nos ayudan a anhelar algo de forma persistente y trazar límites más allá de lo razonable para conseguir nuestras metas. Con #Mozart, Wislawa #Szymborska y un cuento anónimo oriental

1. Idź do lasu.
2. Dowiedz się, że Wisława #Szymborska robiła kolaże.
3. #Kot!

https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=51.98464&mlon=16.24742#map=14/51.99431/16.24157

#kolaż #wędrówki

1. Go to the forest.
2. Learn that Wisława #Szymborska was making collages.
3. A #cat!

https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=51.98464&mlon=16.24742#map=14/51.99431/16.24157

#collage #hiking

@killyourfm

Now talk to it.

"...I've come out of pure curiosity. Only life can quench it. I mean to stroll through your palace, then go calling on a leaf, a drop of water. I don't have much time. My mortality should touch you."

#poetry
#Szymborska
#stone
#curiosity

@palestine
3/
Those who knew
what was going on here
must make way for
those who know little.
And less than little.
And finally as little as nothing.

In the grass that has overgrown
causes and effects,
someone must be stretched out
blade of grass in his mouth
gazing at the clouds.

The End and the Beginning
By Wisława Szymborska
Translated By Joanna Trzeciak

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52955/the-end-and-the-beginning

#poetry
#war
#Szymborska

@palestine
2/
We’ll need the bridges back,
and new railway stations.
Sleeves will go ragged
from rolling them up.

Someone, broom in hand,
still recalls the way it was.
Someone else listens
and nods with unsevered head.
But already there are those nearby
starting to mill about
who will find it dull.

From out of the bushes
sometimes someone still unearths
rusted-out arguments
and carries them to the garbage pile.

#Szymborska

#poetry

@brianbilston
2/
We're extremely fortunate

From that perspective,
one might as well bid farewell
to incidents and details.

The counting of weekdays
would inevitably seem to be
a senseless activity;

dropping letters in the mailbox
a whim of foolish youth;

the sign “No Walking on the Grass”
a symptom of lunacy.

Wisława Szymborska

Translated by Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh

(The End and the Beginning, 1993)

#poetry
#Szymborska

@brianbilston
2/
Clouds

Next to clouds
even a stone seems like a brother,
someone you can trust,
while they’re just distant, flighty cousins.

Let people exist if they want,
and then die, one after another:
clouds simply don’t care
what they’re up to
down there.

And so their haughty fleet
cruises smoothly over your whole life
and mine, still incomplete.

They aren’t obliged to vanish when we’re gone.
They don’t have to be seen while sailing on.

(Moment, 2002)

#poetry
#Szymborska

@brianbilston
1/
Clouds

I’d have to be really quick
to describe clouds –
a split second’s enough
for them to start being something else.

Their trademark:
they don’t repeat a single
shape, shade, pose, arrangement.

Unburdened by memory of any kind,
they float easily over the facts.

What on earth could they bear witness to?
They scatter whenever something happens.

Compared to clouds,
life rests on solid ground,
practically permanent, almost eternal.

Wisława Szymborska

#poetry
#Szymborska

@brianbilston

Poetry –
but what is poetry anyway?
More than one rickety answer
has tumbled since that question first was raised.
But I just keep on not knowing, and I cling to that
like a redemptive handrail.

Wisława Szymborska

Translated by Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh

(The End and the Beginning, 1993)

#poetry
#Szymborska

¡Feliz día, #NúmeroPi! 🧮📐➕ https://letrasprestadas-clubpickwick.blogspot.com/2022/03/feliz-dia-numero-pi.html #TalDiaComoHoy. 3/14 celebramos del #DiadelNumeroPi y el #DiadelasMatematicas. Nos acompañan obras de #Alberti, #Szymborska, #Monteallegro, #Bach, #Mozart y #LesLuthiers que nos acercan a este número y a las #Matematicas.

@breadandcircuses

NO END OF FUN

So he's got to have happiness, he's got to have truth, too, he's got to have eternity — did you ever! He has only just learned to tell dreams from waking; only just realized that he is he; only just whittled with his hand né fin a flint, a rocket ship; easily drowned in the ocean's teaspoon, not even funny enough to tickle the void; sees only with his eyes; hears only with his ears; his speech's personal best is the conditional;

#poetry
#Szymborska
#humans

#Szymborska’s poetry themes:

The intricacies and paradoxes of human experience
The beauty and mystery of existence
The impact of history on individual lives
Love, in its various forms and manifestations
The natural world and our place within it
The limitations of human knowledge and understanding
The absurdity of war and political oppression

Her work often reflects a deep curiosity about the world and a compassionate, yet unsentimental, observation of life.

https://bayart.org/wislawa-szymborska-poems/

#poetry

Un tempo, tutto per lei

https://edu.inaf.it/rubriche/lo-spazio-tra-le-pagine/un-tempo-tutto-per-lei/

Le poesie di Wislawa Szymborska vivono nell’ intreccio tra quotidiano e cosmico. Le sue stelle sono metafore per esplorare la condizione umana e il mistero dell’esistenza.

#ChatGPT #Cosmo #poesia #PremiNobel #Szymborska

On the eastern shore of #Kórnik Lake, there's a promenade dedicated to Wisława #Szymborska, the poet born in these parts. There, you can find some of her poems pinned to a fence, but also a bench dedicated to her. It includes a part of her poem, illustrated with a #cat figure.

"""
(…)
Here someone was and was,
then suddenly disappeared
and now is stubbornly absent.
All the closets were peered into.
The shelves were walked through.
The rug was lifted and examined.
Even the rule about not scattering
papers was violated.
What more is to be done?
Sleep and wait.

Let him return,
at least make a token appearance.
Then he'll learn
that one shouldn't treat a cat like this.
He will be approached
as though unwillingly,
slowly,
on very offended paws.
With no spontaneous leaps or squeals at first.
"""
(Wisława Szymborska, A Cat in an Empty Apartment, translated by Walter Whipple, https://www.babelmatrix.org/works/pl/Szymborska%2C_Wis%C5%82awa-1923/Kot_w_pustym_mieszkaniu/en/1433-A_Cat_in_an_Empty_Apartment)

https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/3066107653#map=16/52.23966/17.09016

#park #statue #hiking #poetry

Na wschodnim brzegu Jeziora Kórnickiego znajdziemy promenadę im. Wisławy Szymborskiej. Oprócz rozwieszonych na płocie wierszy, znajdziemy tam Ławeczkę Wisławy Szymborskiej, a na nim pomnik poetki, urodzonej w tych stronach, wraz z ilustrowanym kawałkiem wiersza.

"""
(…)
Ktoś tutaj był i był,
a potem nagle zniknął
i uporczywie go nie ma.
Do wszystkich szaf się zajrzało.
Przez półki przebiegło.
Wcisnęło się pod dywan i sprawdziło.
Nawet złamało zakaz
i rozrzuciło papiery.
Co więcej jest do zrobienia.
Spać i czekać.

Niech no on tylko wróci,
niech no się pokaże.
Już on się dowie,
że tak z kotem nie można.
Będzie się szło w jego stronę
jakby się wcale nie chciało,
pomalutku,
na bardzo obrażonych łapach.
I żadnych skoków pisków na początek.
"""
(Wisława #Szymborska, #Kot w pustym mieszkaniu, https://www.babelmatrix.org/works/pl/Szymborska%2C_Wis%C5%82awa-1923/Kot_w_pustym_mieszkaniu/en/1433-A_Cat_in_an_Empty_Apartment)

https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/3066107653#map=16/52.23966/17.09016

#park #pomnik #Kórnik #wędrówki #poezja

Sobre la #Biodiversidad 🌸🌍🍁 https://buff.ly/41OALni Te invito a reflexionar y celebrar el #22/5 el #DiadelaBiodiversidad con algunos textos y músicas. Nos acompañan obras de #Homero, #Szymborska, #Benedetti, #Serrat, #FernandezAceytuno y ¡música de animales!

@TheConversationUS
Hatred - Wisława Szymborska
3/
Hatred is a master of contrast-
between explosions and dead quiet,
red blood and white snow.
Above all, it never tires
of its leitmotif – the impeccable executioner
towering over its soiled victim.

It’s always ready for new challenges.
If it has to wait awhile, it will.
They say it’s blind. Blind?
It has a sniper’s keen sight
and gazes unflinchingly at the future
as only it can.

#poetry
#Szymborska
#hatred

@TheConversationUS
Hatred - Wisława Szymborska
2/
One religion or another –
whatever gets it ready, in position.
One fatherland or another –
whatever helps it get a running start.
Justice also works well at the outset
until hate gets its own momentum going.
Hatred. Hatred.
Its face twisted in a grimace
of erotic ecstasy…

#poetry
#Szymborska
#hatred

@TheConversationUS

Hatred - Wisława Szymborska
1/
See how efficient it still is,
how it keeps itself in shape—
our century’s hatred.
How easily it vaults the tallest obstacles.
How rapidly it pounces, tracks us down.

It’s not like other feelings.
At once both older and younger.
It gives birth itself to the reasons
that give it life.
When it sleeps, it’s never eternal rest.
And sleeplessness won’t sap its strength; it feeds it.

#poetry
#Szymborska
#hatred

Wisława #Szymborska
#Starvation #Camp Near Jaslo

Write it down. Write it. With ordinary ink
on ordinary paper; they weren't given food,
they all died of hunger. All. How many?
It's a large meadow. How much grass
per head? Write down: I don't know.
History rounds off skeletons to zero.
A thousand and one is still only a thousand.
That one seems never to have existed:
a fictitious fetus, an empty cradle,
a primer opened for no one,
air that laughs, cries, and grows,
stairs for a void bounding out to the garden,
no one's spot in the ranks.

It became flesh right here, on this meadow.
But the meadow's silent, like a witness who's been bought.
Sunny. Green. A forest close at hand,
with wood to chew on, drops beneath the bark to drink--
a view served round the clock,
until you go blind. Above, a bird
whose shadow flicked its nourishing wings
across their lips. Jaws dropped,
teeth clattered.

At night a sickle glistened in the sky
and reaped the dark for dreamed-of loaves.
Hands came flying from blackened icons,
each holding an empty chalice.
A man swayed
on a grill of barbed wire.
Some sang, with dirt in their mouths. That lovely song
about war hitting you straight in the heart.
Write how quiet it is.
Yes.

#Palestine #Israelis #Palestinians #Holocaust #Genocide #Hunger #Death

Borders

#borders #poetry #Szymborska @poetry

De Wislawa Szymborska (1923-2012). En el libro Instante (2002):

#poesia #poetry #szymborska

Ricordate ⬆️! Ci vediamo sabato 7 alle 18 alla Società di #MutuoSoccorso a #Bergamo col #CircoloDeiNarratori per ascoltare #Szymborska & friends.

Oggi è il centenario di Wisława #Szymborska, grande poetessa polacca. Per celebrarlo, vi aspetto alla #MutuoSoccorso di #Bergamo il 7 pomeriggio alle 18, insieme a tanti altri narratori e narratrici, per una serata di poesia. Leggeremo testi suoi e di altre autrici dell'Est europeo, e nel frattempo faremo anche aperitivo assieme. Vi aspetto.

Poznajecie tego lektora?

#poezja #recytacja #wiersz #szymborska

“I prefer the time of insects to the time of stars."

-Wisława Szymborska, “Possibilities” trans. Stanislaw Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh

(my poet crush has the last word in the season of awakening insects)
#everynightapoem #驚蟄 #microseasons #poetry #translation #insects #szymborska

So long as that woman from the Rijksmuseum
in painted quiet and concentration
keeps pouring milk day after day
from the pitcher to the bowl
the World hasn't earned
the world's end.

-Wisława Szymborska, "Vermeer"
trans. Clare Cavanagh
[Johannes Vermeer, The Milkmaid” 1657, seen at the @rijksmuseum]
#everynightapoem #ekphrasis #poetry #translation #vermeer #painting #szymborska