ANNA CZACHOROWSKA

 

So Long As We Have Dreams

When we are already in heaven 

let’s dance the oberek

Your legs today weak

will quickly glide to the beat of the snare drum

When the loud voices

of the choirs of the angels will sound

Soon will burst the cords 

of all weaknesses

The greyness of everyday life 

into the sacred gold will change 

So long as we have dreams 

let us hold fast onto the hope

Music by Tomasz Kmiecik

To Fr. Jan Twardowski

***

I do not ask

for more

than I can

For one word

or three

And this piece

of Heaven

hidden in the Host

when it trembles

I want to keep it warm

with my heart

among the silence

of the One Night

Without concern

I will flow out into the abyss 

I will with Christ Stride

ANNA CZACHOROWSKA

ANNA CZACHOROWSKA was born in Warsaw. She graduated from the Warsaw University. She is a member of Polish Writers’ Union, a member of the Board of Association for the Promotion of Polish Creative Output, a member of Polish Authors’ Association, a member of Movimiento Poetas del Mundo, and also a member of Slavic Academy of Literature and Arts in Bulgaria. She publisher eight books of poetry: I Was the Rose of Your Winter, Touching Happiness, LoveKnockedat the Door, Before the Sun Descends the Slope,17 Ljóð, In the Anteroom of Dreams, In the Anteroom of Dreams– Polish-English edition, With an Outstretched Wing– Polish-English-Spanish. They were published in numerous Polish poety anthologies and included in the Anthologies of Polish Authors’ Association. Her poems also appeared in international literary magazines, e.g. in AZAHAR literary magazine in Spain. Her works were translated in to Russian, English, Spanish, Bulgarian, Romanian, Belorussian, Slovak, Serbian, Italian, Greek, Telugu and in to Icelandic (a whole book: 17 Ljóð). In 2016 and 2017, Anna Czachorowska’s poems with Her biographical note were published in the Anthology of World Poets (Una Antologia Anual de Poetas del Mundo). In the years 2018-2021 her poems appeared in Anthologies which were the outcome of Poetry Festivals in Russia, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and India. In May 2011, she was awarded the Honorary Decoration for Merit to Polish Culture by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. In May 2017, she received Gloria Artis Bronze Medal from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. In October 2022, Anna Czachorowska received the Honorary Decoration of Polish Writers’ Union for distinguished service to this organization.