Pi The admirable number pi: three point one four one. All the following digits are also just a start, five…
Author Wislawa Szymborska
Tortures Nothing has changed. The body is susceptible to pain, it must eat and breathe air and sleep, it has…
Utopia Island where all becomes clear. Solid ground beneath your feet. The only roads are those that offer access. Bushes…
On Death, without Exaggeration It can’t take a joke, find a star, make a bridge. It knows nothing about weaving,…
Children of Our Age We are children of our age, it’s a political age. All day long, all through the…
Children of Our Age (Translated by Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh) We are children of our age, it’s a political…
The End and the Beginning (Translation by Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh) After every war someone has to tidy up.…
Cat in an Empty Apartment Die—you can’t do that to a cat. Since what can a cat do in an…
The Three Oddest Words When I pronounce the word Future, the first syllable already belongs to the past. When I…
A Few Words on the Soul (Translated by Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh) We have a soul at times. No…