Who is Zbigniew Herbert
Zbigniew HerbertZbigniew HerbertBorn(1924-10-29)29 October 1924Lwów, PolandDied28 July 1998(1998-07-28) (aged 73)
Warsaw, PolandResting placePowązki CemeteryOccupationPoet, essayistLanguagePolish
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Zbigniew Herbert Poems
- A Knocker
There are those who grow
gardens in their heads
paths lead from their hair
to sunny and white cities ... - Report From Paradise
In paradise the work week is fixed at thirty hours
salaries are higher prices steadily go down
manual labour is not tiring (because of reduced gravity)
chopping wood is no harder than typing ... - Three Poems By Heart
I
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of a memory about you ... - From The Top Of The Stairs
Of course
those who are standing at the top of the stairs
know
they know everything ... - Daedalus And Icarus
Daedalus says:
Go on sonny but remember that you are walking and not flying
the wings are just an ornament and you are stepping on a meadow ...
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Comments about Zbigniew Herbert
- Jonkeyjong: “a rat became the unit of currency. who’s ever heard of such a thing. a rat. can you believe it. everyone’s saying it. zbigniew herbert said it first though. great man. smart man.”
- Tetzelny: from zbigniew herbert’s obituary in the new york times (july 28, 1998)
- Peterbirckhead: zbigniew herbert - prayer of the traveler mr cogito
- Bilikpenyair: “in this letter each character stands apart like a loving heart” —zbigniew herbert
- Motleybookshelf: “i run around like mad picking up handfuls of birds and my tenderness which afterall is not made of water” zbigniew herbert “i would like to describe” (from jane hirshfield’s “the nine gates of poetry)
