\n<\/strong>Wislawa Szymborska<\/p>\n
She\u2019s been in this world for over a year,
\nand in this world not everything\u2019s been examined
\nand taken in hand.<\/p>\n
The subject of today\u2019s investigation
\nis things that don\u2019t move themselves.<\/p>\n
They need to be helped along,<\/p>\n
shoved, shifted,
\ntaken from their place and relocated.<\/p>\n
They don\u2019t all want to go, e,g., the bookshelf,
\nthe cupboard, the unyielding walls, the table.<\/p>\n
But the tablecloth on the stubborn table
\n\u2013 when well-seized by its hems \u2013
\nmanifests a willingness to travel.<\/p>\n
And the glasses, plates,
\ncreamer, spoons, bowl,
\nare fairly shaking with desire.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s fascinating,
\nwhat form of motion will they take,
\nonce they\u2019re trembling on the brink:
\nwill they roam across the ceiling?
\nfly around the lamp?
\nhop onto the windowsill and from there to a tree?<\/p>\n
Mr. Newton still has no say in this.
\nLet him look down from the heavens and wave his hands.<\/p>\n
This experiment must be completed.
\nAnd it will.<\/p>\n
(Translation: Clare Cavanagh and Stanis\u0142aw Bara\u0144czak)<\/p>\n
Maria Wis\u0142awa Anna Szymborska<\/strong>\u00a0[vi\u02c8swava\u00a0\u0282\u0268m\u02c8b\u0254rska] Wednesday, \u00a0February 6, 2019 “The subject of today\u2019s investigation is things that don\u2019t move themselves. They need to be helped along,” I’ve been on the road: DC, \u00a0Baltimore, and a mildly harrowing connection via Atlanta during Super Bowl Sunday to … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2019\/02\/Maria-Wis\u0142awa-Anna-Szymborska.jpg\")
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\n(2 July 1923\u00a0\u2013 1 February 2012)
\nNobel Prize in Literature 1996
\nhttps:\/\/en<\/a>.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wis\u0142awa_Szymborska<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"