Tag Archives: Polish poetry

A Word On Statistics


Out of every hundred people,  those who always know better: fifty-two. Unsure of every step: almost all the rest.  Ready to help, if it doesn’t take long: forty-nine.  Always good, because they cannot be otherwise: fourwell, maybe five.  Able to … Continue reading

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Hues


Here is purple – a tree’s shadow walking the gravel path, the purple linking the red and the sapphire in love. – There – the pinkish bark and the joyous green of birches, and in the flitting dress of the … Continue reading

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tired of crazy storms


Tired of crazy storms, like a ship drunk I do not wish anything anymore, but the  great silence And someone, who understands my grief unnamed, Someone, who hears my non – verbal longing; Someone, whose bright soul will fulfill my … Continue reading

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Daedalus And Icarus


Daedalus says: Go on sonny but remember that you are walking and not flying the wings are just an ornament and you are stepping on a meadow that warm gust is just the humid earth of summer and that cold … Continue reading

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On Angels


All was taken away from you: white dresses, wings, even existence. Yet I believe you, messengers. There, where the world is turned inside out, a heavy fabric embroidered with stars and beasts, you stroll, inspecting the trustworthy seems. Short is … Continue reading

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Miracle Fair


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 … Continue reading

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A different world


No, I’m not expecting anyone. I’m not waiting for anyone to phone. I’m not making any arrangements for the future. You may be surprised, but now I’m living in a world completely different from the one I used to take for … Continue reading

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Reality demands


Reality demands  we also state the following: life goes on.  It does so near Cannae and Borodino, at Kosovo Polje and Guernica.   There is a gas station  in a small plaza in Jericho,  and freshly painted  benches near Bila … Continue reading

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All Saints’ Day


Let Us Hurry Let us love people now they leave us so fast the shoes remain empty and the phone rings on what’s unimportant drags on like a cow the meaningful sudden takes us by surprise the silence that follows … Continue reading

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