View with a Grain of Sand by Wislawa Szymborska

View with a Grain of Sand

Wislawa Szymborska

Refreshingly accessible poems that reflect on universal themes together with a unique brand of wit and irony. Symborska is a trustworthy witness of the human condition.

Extract

I owe so much
to those I don't love.

The relief as I agree
that someone else needs them more.

The happiness that I'm not
the wolf to their sheep.

Parallels
  • New Selected Poems 1966-87 by Seamus Heaney
  • Complete Poems by Elizabeth Bishop