She is saying less and less
you said: “the winter is drawing in, give me your coat, it can be
the leather one, i’ll return it someday, when the thaws come. now give
me your hand and i will lead you to the land of the graves. all covered
in autumn leaves although each is saying something, listen to this” – and i listen
“you are alone here, she knows it too, though she led you here to us. no
belief in the futurism of butterflies will help, they do not live as long as you, but what
a small life you lead. when you discover the analogy you will be enlightened.”
“i heard something and something touched me harshly” – i say to her and she
laughs, laughs girlishly, i try to touch her young
body – she leaves untouched. in the mist.
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Simple transcendental function
If my life were not a dangerous, painful experiment, if I did not constantly skirt the abyss and feel the void under my feet, my life would have no meaning and I would not have been able to write anything.
[H.Hesse, Letters]
i know it in my very own head when you carry out simple functions and say
that the mind is a product of the brain and the brain should be avoided,
especially around poems. a poet is the one who brushes against
transcendentalism. Entering it is the birth of dying
which is why writing [being in it] has become impossible. never will i
be a poet more than oneness, more than love, than nirvana
| Paweł Barański (born 1978) poet, activist, editor, cultural animator, Maia’s husband. Author of two poetry collections: Melancholy Revellers and Autumn. Suicide Spring. Between 1998-99 the main drive behind the poetry group Estakada. Has organised competitions and literary events: Anti Poets, dEkonstructions. Editor of Neurokultura – an engaged medium (Polish language only), co-editor of “Tracksaw – a magazine buried in culture”. Autumn will see the publication of the third volume of his poetry. A radical vegetarian. Currently living in Zagłębie Dąbrowskie. |
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| Paweł Barański (ur. 1978) poeta, aktywista, redaktor, animator kultury, mąż Mai. Autor dwóch książek poetyckich: Smętni biesiadnicy oraz Jesień. Wiosna samobójców. W latach 1998-1999 główny animator grupy poetyckiej Estakada. Organizator konkursów i spotkań literackich: Przeciw Poetom, dEkonstrukcje. Redaktor “Neurokultury – medium zaangażowanego”, współredaktor “Zagłębiarki – magazynu zagłębionego w kulturze”. Jesienią ukaże się jego trzecia książka poetycka. Radykalny wegetarianin. Obecnie mieszka w Zagłębiu Dąbrowskim. |
