Tuesday, 7 February, 2006

a note

W.S. has an aptitude in discribing life, the world, and humanity in a manner that makes me (and i am sure scores of others) love her poetry... i marvel at the way her deceptively simple words spells refreshing perspectives of seemingly unfathomable things, and oftentimes her lyrics give me reason to be a little more positive about life, even if i might need the more frequent than occasional reminding...


A Note

Life is the only way
to get covered in leaves,
catch your breath on the sand,
rise on wings;

to be a dog,
or stroke its warm fur;

to tell pain
from everything it's not;

to squeeze inside events,
dwadle in views,
to seek the least of all possible mistakes.

An extraordinary chance
to remember for a moment
a conversation held
with the lamp switched off;

and if only once
to stumble on a stone,
end up drenched in one downpour or another,
mislay your keys in the grass;
and to follow a spark on the wind with your eyes;

and to keep on not knowing
something important.


~Wisława Szymborska~
from "Monologue of A Dog" translated by Clare Cavanagh & Stanisław Barańczak

posted by ~overacuppa~ on Tuesday, 7 February, 2006 at 00:08 hrs
Comments

Glad that you can take some comfort in words. In any case, you do know that the rest of us are only an e-mail away, so write if you need to rant!

Posted by: dimsumdolly on Monday, 6 February, 2006 at 23:38 hrs

Isn't it wonderful to take comfort in words? I'm glad you put this up, tiggie. And yes, we are all going to cuddle beneath a virtual tree in our 100 Acre Wood if it will give us some cheer.

Posted by: monoceros on Tuesday, 7 February, 2006 at 07:10 hrs

what will i do without our virtual 100-acre-wood? thanks for offering a listening ear... it's often difficult to explain the agony that one is experiencing...

Posted by: overacuppa on Sunday, 12 February, 2006 at 16:12 hrs

No worries, just remember we're always around if you need anything.

Posted by: monoceros on Monday, 13 February, 2006 at 07:48 hrs

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