The Sea And The Man

Anna SwirAnna Swir

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You will not tame this sea
either by humility or rapture.
But you can laugh
in its face.Laughter
was invented by those
who live briefly
as a burst of laughter.The eternal sea
will never learn to laugh.
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Anna Swir

1909 - 1984/PolishAnna Swir (Świrszczyńska) was born in Warsaw, Poland, to an artistic though impoverished family. She worked from an early age, supporting herself while she attended university to study medieval Polish literature. In the 1930s she worked for…

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