We call it a grain of sand
but it calls itself neither grain nor sand.
It does just fine without a name,
whether general, particular,
permanent, passing,
incorrect or apt.


"View with a Grain of Sand". - Poems New and Collected (1998) - The People on the Bridge (1986)

Wisława Szymborska Quotes

We call it a grain of sand but it calls itself neither grain nor sand. It does just fine without a name, whether general, particular, permanent,...

We call it a grain of sand but it calls itself neither grain nor sand. It does just fine without a name, whether general, particular, permanent,...

We call it a grain of sand but it calls itself neither grain nor sand. It does just fine without a name, whether general, particular, permanent,...

We call it a grain of sand but it calls itself neither grain nor sand. It does just fine without a name, whether general, particular, permanent,...