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Jan/Feb 2009 Poetry

Two Poems

by Grzegorz Wróblewski

(translated from the Polish by Agnieszka Pokojska)

Artwork by Robert Hoover


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one night, looking
out of the window
you cried: the moon!

frightened as if
you saw it for
the last time ever

 

In The Queen's Honor

A friend of mine loathes the hills in the forest.
When he sees one, he always stops and prods it
With a stick. Then he gets a new haircut and quickly
Moves to another apartment. But he can't help
Hearing them come closer. Marching up the stairs.

 

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