Anna Swir

1909-1984 / Polish
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The Sea And The ManYou will not tame this sea / either by humility or rapture. / But you can laugh / in its face. / Lau
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Large IntestineLook in the mirror. Let us both look. / Here is my naked body. / Apparently you like it, / I have no
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She Does Not RememberShe was an evil stepmother. / In her old age she is slowly dying / in an empty hovel. / She shudders
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VirginityOne must be brave to live through / a day. What remains / is nothing but the pleasure of longing—ver
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I’ll Open the WindowOur embrace lasted too long. / We loved right down to the bone. / I hear the bones grind, I see / ou
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Happy as a Dog’s TailHappy as something unimportant / and free as a thing unimportant. / As something no one prizes / and
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Woman UnbornI am not born as yet, / five minutes before my birth. / I can still go back / into my unbirth. / Now
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Myself and My PersonThere are moments / when I feel more clearly than ever / that I am in the company / of my own person
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The Greatest LoveShe is sixty. She lives / the greatest love of her life. / She walks arm-in-arm with her dear one, /
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In A MeadowOne white daisy / and my two closed eyes. / These shield us from the world
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