(b. 1931– )
Swedish writer and poet
Tomas Tranströmer
We don’t really know it, but we sense it: there is a sister ship to our life which takes a totally different route.
“The Blue House,” in Selected Poems 1954–1986 (New York: The Ecco Press, 1987), 166.
In the middle of life it happens that death comes and takes your measurements. This visit is forgotten and life goes on. But the suit is sewn in silence.
“Black Postcards,” in Selected Poems 1954–1986 (New York: The Ecco Press, 1987), 168.