Selected Masterpieces of Polish Poetry
Title | Selected Masterpieces of Polish Poetry PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Jarek Zawadzki |
Pages | 78 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 1419679996 |
Polish poems from the Middle Ages through the 19th century in English translation
Selected Masters of Polish Poetry
Title | Selected Masters of Polish Poetry PDF eBook |
Author | Wieslaw Musialowski |
Publisher | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 2018-08-07 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781724821126 |
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS ONE OF THREE OPTIONAL COVERS FOR ONE BOOK Wieslaw Musialowski (1948-) is undoubtedly one of the most interesting rhyming poets to emerge from contemporary Poland within the last twenty years. Wieslaw Musialowski's writing is often compared to the works of many outstanding Polish poets who have already passed away. He has been compared, among others, to Adam Asnyk, Boleslaw Lesmian, Juliusz Slowacki and Leopold Staff. This book of poetry contains a variety of selected poems written by the poet between the years 1996 and 2018.
They Carry a Promise
Title | They Carry a Promise PDF eBook |
Author | Janusz Szuber |
Publisher | Knopf |
Pages | 112 |
Release | 2015-05-05 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 030780433X |
This bracing collection marks the first appearance in English of the Polish poet Janusz Szuber, hailed as the greatest discovery in Polish poetry of the late twentieth century when, in his late forties, he began publishing the work he’d been producing for almost thirty years. Nobel Laureate Wislawa Szymborska has called him a “superb poet,” and Zbigniew Herbert said that “his poetry speaks to the hard part of the soul.” Szuber is an intensely elegant writer whose poems are short and accessible; his work is poised between the rigors of making poetry and life itself in all its messy glory, between the devastations of history and the quiet act of observing our place in it all. “Grammar is my / Adopted country,” Szuber explains in one poem, yearning at the same time toward the physical, the breathing world: “I’d prefer something less ambiguous: / The bony parachutes of leaves, / The flame of goosefoot, from a frosty page / A star bent over me.” Throughout, there is an intense quiet and modesty to Szuber’s verse, whether he is observing the heron in flight, the froth of blossoming apple trees, or the human images in an old photo album. “Who will carve her fragile profile / in ivory . . . Who in truthful verse will briefly tell / of eternity, impermanent as a broken fan?” In lovely, astute translations by Ewa Hryniewicz-Yarbrough, the poems in They Carry a Promise are an exhilarating introduction to the work of a contemporary Polish master.
Certain & Dubious
Title | Certain & Dubious PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 164 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | English poetry |
ISBN |
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Title | print(new_line); PDF eBook |
Author | Jarek Zawadzki |
Publisher | CreateSpace |
Pages | 98 |
Release | 2016-07-11 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN |
Original poems 9 Me, a Man 11 Not of Noble Pedigree 12 The Passionate Hacker to a Follower of His 13 My Butt Leaps Up 14 Prisoners’ Dilemma: a Fiscal Issue 15 This Bee a Booze 16 Poor Duck — a Feast 17 Hangover, Eh? 18 The Tree Was Felled 19 I Live Alone by a Shore of a Lake 20 Scorching Heat on a Walking Street 21 You, Who Used to Take a Leak on Buses Full of People 22 In a Cell 23 Chicken 24 The Hearth 25 Moloch 26 The Moon 27 Speeding Down a Highway on a Sunny Afternoon 28 Town Night 29 An Lushan’s Dream 30 Qu Yuan 31 I Could Not Sleep upon a Winter’s Night 32 The Generation 33 A Theorem 34 A Haiku 35 /* print(new_line); */ 36 The Song of Whomever 37 All the world is but a stage 38 Translations 41 Polski hymn narodowy 42 Polish National Anthem 43 An die Freude 44 Ode to Joy 45 Świtezianka 52 Lake Fairy 53 水調個頭 64 To the Tune of Water Melody Song 65 貧士嘆 66 A Destitute Scholar 67 月下獨酌 68 Drinking Alone under the Moon 69 開悟偈 70 A Hymn of Illumination 71 擊壤歌 72 Plowman’s Song 73 天問 74 Asking the Heavens 75 懷書 (選一) 86 Thinking of Books (part one) 87 Kartofle 88 Potatoes 89 Inwokacja (pierwsze wersy Pana Tadeusza) 90 The Invocation (the opening lines of Pan Tadeusz) 91
The Princeton Handbook of World Poetries
Title | The Princeton Handbook of World Poetries PDF eBook |
Author | Roland Greene |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 717 |
Release | 2016-11-15 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0691170517 |
An authoritative and comprehensive guide to poetry throughout the world The Princeton Handbook of World Poetries—drawn from the latest edition of the acclaimed Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics—provides a comprehensive and authoritative survey of the history and practice of poetry in more than 100 major regional, national, and diasporic literatures and language traditions around the globe. With more than 165 entries, the book combines broad overviews and focused accounts to give extensive coverage of poetic traditions throughout the world. For students, teachers, researchers, poets, and other readers, it supplies a one-of-a-kind resource, offering in-depth treatment of Indo-European poetries (all the major Celtic, Slavic, Germanic, and Romance languages, and others); ancient Middle Eastern poetries (Hebrew, Persian, Sumerian, and Assyro-Babylonian); subcontinental Indian poetries (Bengali, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Urdu, and more); Asian and Pacific poetries (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Mongolian, Nepalese, Thai, and Tibetan); Spanish American poetries (those of Mexico, Peru, Argentina, Chile, and many other Latin American countries); indigenous American poetries (Guaraní, Inuit, and Navajo); and African poetries (those of Ethiopia, Somalia, South Africa, and other countries, and including African languages, English, French, and Portuguese). Complete with an introduction by the editors, this is an essential volume for anyone interested in understanding poetry in an international context. Drawn from the latest edition of the acclaimed Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics Provides more than 165 authoritative entries on poetry in more than 100 regional, national, and diasporic literatures and language traditions throughout the world Features extensive coverage of non-Western poetic traditions Includes an introduction, bibliographies, cross-references, and a general index
Before the Heart Fell Silent
Title | Before the Heart Fell Silent PDF eBook |
Author | Stanisław Korab-Brzozowski |
Publisher | Jarek Zawadzki |
Pages | 70 |
Release | 2017-08-10 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 154719572X |
O Girl! O girl! Fondling your swan-like neck, there sits, Upon your shoulder now, this little dove; Delighted so and thrilled out of his wits, He’s bringing you your maiden dawn of love. You can’t understand what the dove may coo, Although there’s love and longing in this art; He’d rather not be passionate with you, So as to keep desires out of your heart… Taking the thorns, he’ll softly fly away; Perhaps, you’ll never meet again therefore… But when you think of this affair one day, You’ll know that no one ever loved you more!