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Overview
Tomasz Rózycki's sixth book seems like nothing if not an attempt to grapple with Elizabeth Bishop's question, "Should we have stayed at home and thought of here?" But for Rózycki questions of travel and foreignness are never separate from those of history—personal history, political and national history, the history of things and places and trauma.
"Coffee and Cigarettes"
When I began to write, I didn't know
that poems would transform me, make my skin
translucent, I'd become a weary ghost
who, sleepless, roams the streets as if to ride
a high till coming down, then go to bed
with rabid dawn. But light would find me still
out wandering and dropping in on friends,
flat broke, a louse, a varmint, summoned by
your nakedness or even just your sighing.
And honey, how was I to know what all
these dumb poems would make of me, that you
would summon me to life, and thanks to you
I would become the visible, in bed
beside you, waiting till you fall asleep.
Tomasz Rózycki has published six books of poetry, including The Forgotten Keys, winner of the Koscielski Prize. He has been nominated twice for the Nike Prize, Poland's most important literary award. He lives in his hometown, Opole, with his wife and two children.
Mira Rosenthal has received NEA and Fulbright grants and held fellowships at the MacDowell Colony and the Vermont Studio Center. Her poetry has appeared in journals such as Ploughshares, The American Poetry Review, Slate, and the Notre Dame Review.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780983297031 |
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| Publisher: | Zephyr Press |
| Publication date: | 02/26/2013 |
| Series: | New Polish Writing |
| Edition description: | Bilingual |
| Pages: | 144 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.90(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.60(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Translators Introduction ix
1 Kawa i tyton: Coffee and Cigarettes 2
2 Kreole, metysi: Creoles, Mestizos 4
3 Burza: The Storm 6
4 Rajska plaza: Paradise Beach 8
5 Droga do Indii: The Road to India 10
6 Cynamon i gozdziki: Cinnamon and Cloves 12
7 Misjonarze i dzicy: Missionaries and Savages 14
8 Przyladek Horn: Cape Horn 16
9 Ognie Swietego Elma: Saint Elmo's Fire 18
10 Wegorze elektryczne: Electric Eels 20
11 Przeciwne wiatry: Headwinds 22
12 Zaglowce Jej Królewskiej Mosci: Her Majesty's Fleet 24
13 Ostrygi i daktyle: Oysters and Dates 26
14 Kopalnie zlota: Gold Mine 28
15 Dzikie zwierzeta: Wild Animals 30
16 Swiatynia w górach: Sanctuary in the Mountains 32
17 Zywy towar: Fresh Meat 34
18 Proch i zelazo: Gunpowder and Iron 36
19 Maczety i karabiny: Machetes and Rifles 38
20 Boksyty i kardamon: Bauxite and Cardamom 40
21 Kakao i papugi: Cocoa and Parrots 42
22 Wulkan: The Volcano 44
23 Kosc sloniowa i heban: Ivory and Ebony 46
24 Mapy: Maps 48
25 Tawerna w porcie: Tavern at the Harbor 50
26 Mrówki i rekiny: Ants and Sharks 52
27 Woda ognista: Firewater 54
28 Niewolnicy: Slaves 56
29 Wyprawa w góre rzeki: An Expedition Upstream 58
30 Zarlacze i matwy: Great Whites and Cuttlefish 60
31 Kolej zelazna: The Iron Railroad 62
32 Latajacy holender: The Flying Dutchman 64
33 Cyklon tropikalny: Tropical Hurricane 66
34 Ladowanie: Landing 68
35 Podwodne rafy: Underwater Reefs 70
36 Buszmeni i zwiadowcy: Bushmen and Scouts 72
37 Dryfowanie: Drifting 74
38 Totemy i koraliki: Totems and Beads 76
39 Koralowa zatoka: Coral Bay 78
40 Wybrzeze Moskitow: The Mosquito Coast 80
41 Piate Imperium: The Fifth Empire 82
42 Ziemia Ognista: Tierra del Fuego 84
43 Kobiety i zloto: Women and Gold 86
44 Konopie i korzenie: Hemp and Roots 88
45 Falszywe mapy: False Maps 90
46 Król wiatrów: The King of Wind 92
47 Wieloryb: The Whale 94
48 Manewry garnizonu: Military Exercises 96
49 Szamani: Shamans 98
50 Interior: L'intérieur 100
51 Zatopione flotylle: Sunken Flotillas 102
52 Rasa: Race 104
53 Spalone mapy: Scorched Maps 106
54 Golfstrom: The Gulf Stream 108
55 Pora deszczowa: The Rainy Season 110
56 Oko cyklonu: Eye of the Hurricane 112
57 Stara twierdza: Old Fortress 114
58 Piata Rzeczpospolita: The Fifth Republic 116
59 Polów w zatoce: Fishing in the Bay 118
60 Ludozercy: Cannibals 120
61 Zaglada wioski: The Town's Extermination 122
62 Las tropikalny: Tropical Rainforest 124
63 Orion, Psia Gwiazda: Orion, the Dog Star 126
64 Ziemia!: Land! 128
65 Sekstans i planisfera: Sextant and Planisphere 130
66 Kult: Civilization 132
67 Córka wodza: The Chief's Daughter 134
68 Opium: Opium 136
69 Bóstwo: Deity 138
70 Palmy i daktyle: Palms and Dates 140
71 Delfiny: Dolphins 142
72 Prad morski: Ocean Current 144
73 Wyspy Pieprzowe: Pepper Islands 146
74 Dom sluzby: Service Office 148
75 Perkal i korale: Calico and Coral 150
76 Dom gubernatora: The Governor's Residence 152
77 Morskie potwory: Sea Monsters 154
Notes 157
Acknowledgments 161