On the way back from work, he would always buy half a roasted chicken. Then a rumor went around that he had hanged himself in the park outside the city. The owner of the poultry store couldn’t comprehend why he had lost his best customer. Staring at the moon, he kept wiping his […]
He moves in front of me. I can hear words . . . A prayer? A snake bite? I enter a fog tunnel. The guide falls silent. No way back. I grope my way forward. (Life is unbearable.) Translated by Piotr Gwiazda “Zero Visibility” was published in The Nation (June […]
Porusza się przede mną. Słychać słowa… Modlitwa? Ukąszenie węża? Wchodzę w tunel mgły. Przewodnik milknie. Nie ma odwrotu. Posuwam się po omacku. (Życie jest nie do zniesienia.) Grzegorz Wróblewski“Zero widoczności” is from Kosmonauci (Biuro Literackie, Wrocław, 2015). You can read and listen to the poem in English translation […]
He resembled me. I held him up to my lips, then threw him into the salty water. He sank to the bottom. I heard a giggle. An invitation to play together. Translated by Piotr Gwiazda “Twin” was published in The Nation (June 22-29, 2015). You can read and listen to the […]
Był do mnie podobny. Przyłożyłem go sobie do ust, a potem wrzuciłem do słonej wody. Poszedł na dno. Usłyszałem stamtąd chichot. Zaproszenie do wspólnej zabawy. Grzegorz Wróblewski“Bliźniak” is from Kosmonauci (Biuro Literackie, Wrocław, 2015). You can read and listen to the poem in English translation here.
Być krabem w następnym wcieleniu. Nawet taka wersja daje mi satysfakcję. Grzegorz Wróblewski“Krab” is from Kosmonauci (Biuro Literackie, Wrocław, 2015). You can read and listen to the poem in English translation here.
To be reincarnated as a crab. Even this variant would satisfy me. Translated by Piotr Gwiazda “Crab” was published in Pleiades 35.2 (2015). You can read and listen to the poem in the original Polish here.
I’ve returned from an island to an island. Meanwhile, you gorge yourself on mainland cherries. The sea and the cumuli separate us. I’m not a bird and you’re not a dolphin. Translated by Piotr Gwiazda “Birds and Dolphins” was published in Pleiades 35.2 (2015). You can read and listen to the poem in […]