Guest poem sent in by Sashidhar Dandamudi
(Poem #1267) A Contribution to Statistics Out of a hundred people those who always know better -fifty-two doubting every step -nearly all the rest, glad to lend a hand if it doesn't take too long -as high as forty-nine, always good because they can't be otherwise -four, well maybe five, able to admire without envy -eighteen, suffering illusions induced by fleeting youth -sixty, give or take a few, not to be taken lightly -forty and four, living in constant fear of someone or something -seventy-seven, capable of happiness -twenty-something tops, harmless singly, savage in crowds -half at least, cruel when forced by circumstances -better not to know even ballpark figures, wise after the fact -just a couple more than wise before it, taking only things from life -thirty (I wish I were wrong), hunched in pain, no flashlight in the dark -eighty-three sooner or later, righteous -thirty-five, which is a lot, righteous and understanding -three, worthy of compassion -ninety-nine, mortal -a hundred out of a hundred. thus far this figure still remains unchanged. |
Comments: Since today's poem by Seth (Poem #1226) to me read like a "listing", I remembered this poem by Szymborska (phew! they should ask this in a Spelling Bee), which I was reading the other night from the latest anthology of the Favorite Poem Project. Well, no more commentry because the poem speaks for itself. Sashi
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Can someone explain "taking only things from life"? I don't understand.
~Sonya
> Szymborska (phew! they should ask this in a Spelling Bee),
Hello Sashi.
Szymborska's last name is not difficult. Polish
represents the "sh" sound with "sz", and the
"ch" sound with "cz".
The "y" in her name I suspect is difficult. But it's
ok as "shimborska."
The "a" ending is feminine, and prevalent in Slavic
names.
And her first name I never got straight. The "l"
has a slash through it in Polish. I have heard it
pronounced, but can't reproduce it.
I love her poems.
John K. Taber
"Flower Child" <sonya.j.sowerby@> Sonya posted:
Can someone explain "taking only things from life"? I don't understand.
This line, in Joanna Trzeciak's translation, says:
"Getting nothing out of life except things:
thirty
(though I would like to be wrong)."
Although I generally like the translations by Stanislaw Baranczak and
Clare Cavanagh, it's worth checking Trzeciak's and any others you can
find. Szymborska is a poet I've only recently discovered, and she is
a marvel. Wry, witty, ironic, at times fierce---there are wonderful
depths once you get past the deceptively simply surface of her poems.
Check out "A Moment in Troy," among many others.
George
On spelling Szymborska's name - L should be crossed, which makes it a
sound like W in words like 'we', 'welcome', 'words' etc. , or u in
'suede'. Y in her second name is difficult to explain to an
English-speaking person, it is a hard I. Transcripted into English
phonetics it could be somethink like Veesuava Shimborska.
It is not a difficult word. Try chrzaszcz (a beetle), Szczebrzeszyn
(name of a city) and skrzypce (violin).
Greetings,
Jedrek
It seemed to me that Wislawa Szymborska is a lady of command on cold words. Not for she does not anchor hers in a the heart, but for the machine of both , reason and conscious are responsible for the production process emotionally , and in a later step for rehabilitation of elements into a coloured , deep and ariny world.
Saleh Razzouk ( Journalist )
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Everybody seems to just get this poem but I don't? What is she saying?
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