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In Wisława Szymborska's poem ‘Possibilities’, translated from Polish by Stanisław Barańczak and Claire Cavanagh, the winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature writes about what she prefers - as an individual and in the world. Our own Liz Breslin wrote a poem in response while on a Cities of Literature residency in Kraków. Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature invited readers and writers to listen to these poems and write their own from home, to add to Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature’s permanent record of our preferences, our possibilities, our world.
The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Annabel Wilson. We warmly invite you to listen to the poem and to read it here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-lite…/article/uCAaAoy.	The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Iona Winter. We warmly invite you to listen to the poem and to read it here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-lite…/article/dBgIVex.
The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Jenny Powell. We warmly invite you to listen to the poem and to read it here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-lite…/article/xpW7L0b.	The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Laura Williamson. We warmly invite you to listen to the poem and to read it here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/vVk7Ehq.
The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Sophia Wilson. We warmly invite you to read and listen to the following poems here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/fzd2XEW https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/tlIS57S	The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Roger Leslie. We warmly invite you to read and listen to the following poem here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/s7QcQav
The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Andrea Malcolm. We warmly invite you to read and listen to the poem here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/Vm1pizV	The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet David Howard. We warmly invite you to read and listen to the poem here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/tNvznWF
The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Emma Neale. We warmly invite you to listen to the poems and to read them here: Sorcery: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/TTiOhwE Twelve: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/KF3DRih	The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Ko Jin Ha from Wonju City of Literature in South Korea. We warmly invite you to listen to the poem and to read it here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/apu32Or You will also find a PDF of the original Poem in Korean attached. Poem read by Emily Heath
The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Jeong Gwang Ho from Wonju City of Literature in South Korea. We warmly invite you to listen to the poem and to read it here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/JHbCh9n You will also find a PDF of the original Poem in Korean attached. Poem read by Siena Shotwell	The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Lara Sanderson. We warmly invite you to listen to her poems and to read them here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/RsvVF2r and here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/qysCTRi
The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Victor Billot. We warmly invite you to listen to the poem and to read it here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/Ppbva1z	The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Anna Smith. We warmly invite you to listen to the poem and to read it here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/l5yEhJU
The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Jilly O'Brien. We warmly invite you to listen to the poem and to read it here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/C2d5pOU.	The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Krisztina Rita Molnár from Budapest, Hungary. We warmly invite you to listen to the poem and to read it here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/jK51CSf There is a copy of the poem in Hungarian in the attachments.
The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Anna Holmes. We warmly invite you to listen to the poem and to read it here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/dqTEvnv	The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Georgia Merton. We warmly invite you to listen to the poem and to read it here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/t1LbbLR
The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Melanie McKerchar. We warmly invite you to listen to the poem and to read it here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/hkMiXHZ	The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Jenny Longstaff. We warmly invite you to read and listen to the poem, read by Rebecca Rowe here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/ewVkhup Jenny has also submitted a second poem, Lines of Communication, which you can read here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/wRrsGIp
The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Duncan Eddy. We warmly invite you to listen to the poem and to read it here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/hMxUzgM	The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Kate O'Gorman. We warmly invite you to listen to the poem and to read it here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/Yg29UMD
The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Jane Bloomfield. We warmly invite you to listen to the poem and to read it here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/ldAbsgN	The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Anna Hoek-Sims. We warmly invite you to listen to the poem and to read it here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/sGUhH9s
The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Scotia Gilroy from Krakow UNESCO City of Literature in Poland. We warmly invite you to listen to the poem and to read it here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/9KWsb5T	The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Sergei Gogin from Ulyanovsk UNESCO City of Literature in Russia. We warmly invite you to listen to the poem and to read it here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/7HNYmiQ
The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Annie Villiers. We warmly invite you to listen to the poem and to read it here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/zPwYFle	The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Ariana Sutton. We warmly invite you to listen to the poems and to read them here: Scrambling: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/tMwBYzq Silt: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/HOF6ags
The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Natasha Brooks from Birmingham, UK. We warmly invite you to read and listen to the poem here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/ymU2naG	The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Paul Williamson from Pender Island, BC, Canada. We warmly invite you to listen to the poem and to read it here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/nlr0Oew
The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Bethany Roger. We warmly invite you to listen to the poem and to read it here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/7On54IM	The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Michelle Elvy. We warmly invite you to listen to the poem and to read it here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/MQPmYdi
The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Robert Free. We warmly invite you to listen to the poem and to read it here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/oH4sTQ8	The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet John Russell-Hodge We warmly invite you to listen to the poem and to read it here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/twOt4Ei
The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Rebecca Rowe. We warmly invite you to listen to the poem and to read it here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/tNjxWah	The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Trevor Landers. We warmly invite you to read and listen to the poem here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/H15gvHh
The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Kirstie McKinnon. We warmly invite you to read and listen to the poem here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/Y6qHXOp	The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Dorothy Howie. We warmly invite you to read and listen to the poem, read by Erik Kennedy here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/iJj5fjT
The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Kay McFarlane. We warmly invite you to read and listen to the poem, read by Zelda Boyd here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/tqWbU2f	The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Erika Fazekasne Szabjan from Ozd, Hungary. We warmly invite you to read and listen to the poem read by Grace Bentley, here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/FalVZiu
The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Rosie Copeland. We warmly invite you to read and listen to the poem, read by Isobel Smith here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/IFcsu6U	The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Manuela M J T from Osnabrück, Germany. We warmly invite you to read and listen to the poem here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/jE0iPT1
The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Bettina K from Osnabrück, Germany. We warmly invite you to read and listen to the poem here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/8mlpoC9	The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project is proud to celebrate poet Anna Williams. We warmly invite you to read and listen to the poem read by Dylan Rimmer here: https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/4A2b9LY
	Inspired by Wislawa Szymborska’s poem ‘Possibilities’ Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature in partnership with Liz Breslin created the opportunity for writers to share their possibilities during the time of lockdown. Here is Liz’s recording of the poem she wrote while on a Cities of Literature residency in Kraków that was the catalyst for the ‘Possibilities Project’. https://hail.to/dunedin-unesco-city-of-literature/article/wDkax1b
In Wisława Szymborska's poem ‘Possibilities’ the winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature writes about what she prefers - as an individual and in the world. Her poem captured the imagination of writers everywhere who contributed to the ‘Possibilities Project’. Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature would like to thank everyone who participated and as a thank you for this support, Cecylia Klobukowska will read Wislawa’s poem in the original Polish.	In Wisława Szymborska's poem ‘Possibilities’ the winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature writes about what she prefers - as an individual and in the world. Her poem captured the imagination of writers everywhere who contributed to the ‘Possibilities Project’. Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature would like to thank everyone who participated and as a thank you for this support, Cecylia Klobukowska will read Wislawa’s poem in English.