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A Poem for the Sandy Aftermath

newyorker:

At moments like this—when there is nothing to do but sift through wreckage, when the universe is scrambled and we perceive that some have emerged lucky and some unlucky, when we’re faced with the puny proportions of our existence—I can’t help but think of the poet Wislawa Szymborska….

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    same taste in poets! Hoping to get a copy of Wislawa Szymborska’s new book, “Enough,” if and when the English...
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