Claire Henley

Wislawa Szymborska: The three oddest words

When I pronounce the word Future, the first syllable already belongs to the past. When I pronounce the word Silence, I destroy it. When I pronounce the word Nothing, I make something no non-being can hold. By Wislawa Szymborska Translated by S. Baranczak & C. Cavanagh   Wislawa Szymborska The Nobel Prize in Literature 1996 … Continue reading →