KATARZYNA DOMINIK

 

 

More And More Not Enough

 

I pour light into a glass,

yet it remains empty.

In my pocket I drag coins –

almost a weight.

I breathe wider than before,

though it is only a quarter of air.

The skin remembers lack,

touch grows denser

and more and more drops

gather on the edge of the tongue,

the sky at my back,

and still never will be enough for always.

 

Tea In An Empty Cup

 

A cup on the table, for years full of others’ traces,

never of my warmth.

Since childhood I was taught to give up my place,

to stay silent in noise, I said: ENOUGH!

In the evening, I see

that all I poured into others

never returned, therefore

now I first make tea for myself.

 

I drink it before it cools.

It is the first time I choose me.

 

Not By Accident, Just Now

 

I’ll ask the wind: what awaits?

I do not seek shelter.

I carry the storm –

an old armor,

a scar that is a map, not a wound.

I burn out pain, keep the fire.

I walk — unshaken.

Kasia Dominik ©

 

 

 

 

KATARZYNA DOMINIK

 

KATARZYNA DOMINIK: Born in 1982. Historian, graduate of doctoral studies, publicist, writer, poet. Laureate of literary, poetic and photographic competitions. A propagator and an ambassador of the DKMS Base of Stem Cell Donors Poland as well as an animator of local culture and a promoter of regional tradition. An activist of the Association of former Bone Marrow Transplantation Patients in Katowice, the Foundation “Lokujmy w Dobro” (Let's invest in Good), the Association of Polish Authors O/Warszawa II (Warsaw) and the John Paul II Association of Polish Writers in Chicago, as well as a co-founder and a member of the Tilia Literary Association and a member of the "Rubikon" Literary Club. Publications in numerous poetry magazines. A historian by profession, but a writer by passion. An author of numerous scientific and historical publications and fifteen different author's poetry volumes.

 

Urodzona w 1982 roku. Historyk, absolwentka studiów doktoranckich, publicystka, pisarka, poetka. Laureatka konkursów literackich, poetyckich oraz fotograficznych. Propagatorka i ambasadorka DKMS Bazy Dawców Komórek Macierzystych Polska oraz  animatorka lokalnej kultury i krzewicielka regionalnej tradycji. Działaczka Stowarzyszenia Pacjentów Po Przeszczepie Szpiku Kostnego w Katowicach, Fundacji Lokujmy w Dobro, Stowarzyszenie Autorów Polskich O/Warszawa II oraz Zrzeszenia Literatów Polskich im. Jana Pawła II w Chicago, a także współzałożycielka i członkini Stowarzyszenia Literackiego Tilia, członkini Klubu Literackiego „Rubikon”. Publikacje w licznych czasopismach poetyckich. Z zawodu historyk, ale z zamiłowania pisarka. Autorka licznych publikacji naukowych i historycznych oraz 15 tomików autorskich.