Wendy recommends:
The poetry of Wislawa Szymborska
Her poetry is about humankind and its sufferings, about how wonderful the universe is. She teaches us to observe the universe and our world in minute detail and encourages us to wonder at its intricacy. Poems I especially like are Miracle Fair, Torture, and Water.
Excerpt from Water
A raindrop fell on my hand,
crafted from the Ganges and the Nile,
from the ascended frost of a seal’s whiskers,
from water in broken pots in the cities of Ys and Tyre.
On my index finger
the Caspian Sea isn’t landlocked,
and the Pacific flows meekly into the Rudava,
the one that flew in a cloud over Paris
