Tag Archives: Adam Zagajewski

Eyes Open, Uncovered To The Bone – Part Two – A Poem by Brigit Pegeen Kelly

April 17, 2014 – 12:46 pm

What a delight it has been to discover the poet Brigit Pegeen Kelly, author of three collections of poems and winner of the prestigious Yale Series of Younger Poets Prize in 1987. Her third collection The Orchard was nominated for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Circle Critics Award. Grateful thanks to the […]

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An Alphabet of Poets – Z is for Zagajewski – Part Two – Try To Praise The Mutilated World

June 3, 2012 – 11:12 pm

Try to Praise the Mutilated World Remember June’s long days And wild strawberries, drops of wine, the dew. The nettles that methodically overgrow The abandoned homesteads of exiles. You must praise the mutilated world – You watched the stylish yachts and ships; One of them had a long trip ahead of it, While salty oblivion […]

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An Alphabet of Poets – Z is for Zagajewski

June 3, 2012 – 10:45 pm

Try to Praise the Mutilated World Try to praise the mutilated world Remember June’s long days And wild strawberries, drops of wine, the dew. The nettles that methodically overgrow The abandoned homesteads of exiles. You must praise the mutilated world – You watched the stylish yachts and ships; One of them had a long trip […]

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Poetry As A Spiritual Practice – Aching For The Roof

March 15, 2012 – 4:51 pm

I am a hole in a flute that the Christ’s breath moves through listen to this music Shams-ud-din Muhammad Hafiz (1320-1389) from Love Poems from God, trans. Daniel Ladinsky, Penguin 2002 The Sufi poet Hafiz, in his poem above  reminds me I am more than just a physical creature; the breath of the divine moves […]

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