Wisława Szymborska (1923-2012) was a Polish poet, essayist, translator, and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature. Reprinted from Poetic Outlaws. Why does this written doe bound through these written woods?For a drink of written water from a springwhose surface will xerox her soft muzzle?Why does she lift her head; does she hear something?Perched … Continue reading The Joy of Writing by Wisława Szymborska