Miracle Fair Poem by Wislawa Szymborska

Miracle Fair

Rating: 3.1


Commonplace miracle:
that so many commonplace miracles happen.

An ordinary miracle:
in the dead of night
the barking of invisible dogs.

One miracle out of many:
a small, airy cloud
yet it can block a large and heavy moon.

Several miracles in one:
an alder tree reflected in the water,
and that it's backwards left to right
and that it grows there, crown down
and never reaches the bottom,
even though the water is shallow.

An everyday miracle:
winds weak to moderate
turning gusty in storms.

First among equal miracles:
cows are cows.

Second to none:
just this orchard
from just that seed.

A miracle without a cape and top hat:
scattering white doves.

A miracle, for what else could you call it:
today the sun rose at three-fourteen
and will set at eight-o-one.

A miracle, less surprising than it should be:
even though the hand has fewer than six fingers,
it still has more than four.

A miracle, just take a look around:
the world is everywhere.

An additional miracle, as everything is additional:
the unthinkable
is thinkable.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Dr Antony Theodore 22 April 2019

An everyday miracle: winds weak to moderate turning gusty in storms...great thinking tony

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Susan Williams 30 January 2016

Yes! We are surrounded by miracles if only we would bend our stiff necks and see what surrounds us everyday is a miracle- -the very earth we walk on is a miracle, its very birth out of the void is a miracle- - the air we breathe is a miracle - -the list goes on and like the poet says- - - -A miracle without a cape and top hat: scattering white doves. A miracle, for what else could you call it: today the sun rose at three-fourteen and will set at eight-o-one.

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