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Ben Sixsmith
Apr 01, 2021
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The Polish poet Adam Zagajewski died last month. His most famous poem was “Try to Praise the Mutilated World”, which was printed in the New Yorker soon after 9/11 and skilfully mixed charming and morbid imagery:

Try to praise the mutilated world.

Remember June’s long days,

and wild strawberries, drops of rosé wine.

The nettles that methodically overgrow

the …

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