Wisława Szymborska
Wisława Szymborska (1923-2012) was a Polish poet, essayist, translator, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Her poems often touch on themes of war and terrorism, employing irony and understatement to highlight the darkness of her subject matter. Source
Three Words Most Strange
As I utter the word Future,
the first syllable has already slipped into the past.
As I utter the word Silence,
I shatter it.
As I utter the word Nothing,
I create some-thing; being bursts out of non-being.
Published:
2001
Length:
Shorty
Literary Movements:
Contemporary
Anthology Years:
2020
Themes:
Ars Poetica
Literary Devices:
Juxtaposition
the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect