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Wislawa Szymborska

Solitude is very important in my work as a mode of inspiration, but isolation is not good in this respect. I am not writing poetry about isolation.

Wislawa Szymborska

Poetry

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Wislawa Szymborska values being alone because it helps her find creative ideas, but she believes being completely cut off from others is harmful to her poetry. Her poems are inspired by connection and reflection, not by feeling isolated or separated.

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