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Szymborska's line on the human and the foreign resonates
Original: Only what is human can truly be foreign. Szymborska ~ Psalm Photo Ovidiu Șelaru # Bookstodon # Poetry # Photography
A line from Wisława Szymborska's poem 'Psalm' — 'Only what is human can truly be foreign' — is being shared in book and poetry communities, paired with a photograph by Ovidiu Șelaru. Readers are quoting the Polish Nobel laureate's meditation on estrangement and shared humanity, keeping her work in circulation among poetry lovers.
Why now: Szymborska's poetry continues to be widely quoted in online book communities, where her reflections on humanity and foreignness strike a chord.
Wisława SzymborskaOvidiu Șelaru
Evidence
- Only what is human can truly be foreign. Szymborska ~ Psalm Photo Ovidiu Șelaru # Bookstodon # Poetry # Photography · alekairos · 4
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