PAULINA BASIAPERCZAK

PAULINA BASIAPERCZAK

ON THE DOORMAT

hammering the heels

into an old doormat

I count

how many kisses

did not come out

because of differences in opinion

on topics today nugatory

and I regret all the hugs

that tightened on the doorknob

MOMENT LIKE A SHADOW

I look at you as if you were nothingness

you—as if I was not

in one moment the present

warps the looks

curving the past into a collar

bent over you like a mantis

I blacken with a gaze when I wonder

for a moment whether indifference

could be better than memories

once a light breeze

threw off your photo from the fireplace

shattering the glass frame

that is why today I close you

in a matt plastic window

gluing a paper spine

which is still full of broken glass

then I will stand in the draft

let the wind break the loop from the neck

before I become your shadow

LOVELIFIED BY RAIN

cumulus clouds float over the earth

inflated like your mouth

they cover the view

of the artificial grass of eyelashes

in the pond bathes again

the sun dressed as you

on your cheek

could rest butterflies

if you wanted to release them

from the clenched hand

the air between our lips

is a flying dutchman

- each of us wants to become the captain

I jump into your pupils

to start a fire from the sticks of thought

from your perspective I look better

so maybe we will swap glasses

for one evening?

PAULINA BASIAPERCZAK

PAULINA BASIAPERCZAK was born on 5 January 1973 in Kielce (Poland). Graduate of: Management and Marketing, Faculty of Management and Administration at Swietokrzyska Academy in Kielce; Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce; postgraduate studies in history; postgraduate studies in Environment, Health and Safety, and Environmental Protection. In 2014, she won the third place in the Polish Haiku Competition – KUKAI IV EDITION 2014. The same year ended with the release of her debut poetry book titled "MirabileDictu" (pub.: Black Unicorn), submitted for the WislawaSzymborska Award 2015. Awarded in the competition of the Literary Portal FabricaLibrorum: "Christmas and New Year Reflections" (pol. "Refleksjeświąteczne i noworoczne") for the poem "Lack of Nicholas, The Cause of Virginity" (pol. "BrakMikołajaprzyczynądziewictwa") (December 2014), which was published in print as part of the post-competition anthology. Author of a blog dedicated to late maternity and a small collection of song lyrics for children. This year she wrote a fairy tale for children aged 4-10, which took part in the contest "Feather 2017" (pol. "Piórko 2017"). Currently in preparation for print there is a novel: "Late Maternity Like a Box of Poems" (pol. "Późnemacierzyństwojakpudełkowierszy"), and another poetry volume, this time with the scope of lyrical poetry. In 2017, her poems appeared in the third edition of the anthology of contemporary poets "Prayer for Love" (pol. "Modlitwa o miłość"), in the first edition of the same anthology, as well as in the first edition of "Before the Wind Takes Us" (pol. "Zanimzabierzenaswiatr"), published by "Astrum". Since September a member of the Society of Friends of Fine Arts in Kielce.