Poetry, paintings, pens
Here, 27 poems by Wislawa Szymborska, in the original Polish with English translations by Clare Cavanagh and Stanislaw Baranczak. (NBS, Php605)
The Milkmaid by Vermeer. Photo from Wikimedia Commons.
Vermeer by Wislawa Szymborska (We wrote it out with a Pilot disposable fountain pen)
An earlier poem by Szymborska: Brueghel’s Two Monkeys.
Two Chained Monkeys by Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Photo from Wikimedia Commons.
Brueghel’s Two Monkeys by Wislawa Szymborska, translated by Cavanagh and Baranczak. (Disposable fountain pen)
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November 23rd, 2012 at 13:44
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November 25th, 2012 at 22:43
I love Szymborska. I love Cavanagh. I love NB for having this book. Thanks for the heads-up!
November 26th, 2012 at 14:25
I want to stab myself with an eraser!
Just, umm, my enthusiasm to such beautiful, killer poetry. A Wayne’s World We’re Not Worthy floor-thrashing will just not suffice.