Name These Polish Children
Her birthday 
(2 July 1923)
She wrote. (excerpt –Possibilites )
I prefer conquered to conquering countries.
I prefer having some reservations.
I prefer the hell of chaos to the hell of order.
I prefer Grimms’ fairy tales to the newspapers’ front pages.
I prefer leaves without flowers to flowers without leaves.
I prefer dogs with uncropped tails.
I prefer light eyes, since mine are dark.
For me, Szymborska is first of all a poet of consciousness. On Szymborska November 14, 1996 Czesław Miłosz
The photo above is from his wiki quote page. Polish kid in the ruins of Warsaw September 1939
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His last words “I am going to put myself to sleep now for a bit longer than usual. Call the time Eternity.” (Previous post with many interesting links)
David Foster Wallace described Steps as a “collection of unbelievably creepy little allegorical tableaux done in a terse elegant voice that’s like nothing else anywhere ever”. Wallace continued in praise: “Only Kafka’s fragments get anywhere close to where Kosiński goes in this book, which is better than everything else he ever did combined.