Great Regulars: This week's Poetry Pairing matches

Wislawa Szymborska's "Identification" with a news story about the death of Ida, a polar bear in Central Park, as well as an Op-Ed by Diane Ackerman about Ida's companion, "Gus, the Lonely Polar Bear."

from Katherine Schulten: The New York Times: Poetry Pairing: 'That Unlucky Man'

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