WANDA DUSIA STAŃCZAK

WANDA DUSIA STAŃCZAK

In wet eyelashes framed

A walk in the rain

I like these moments so much

you shake off the drops

from my hair with your lips

and dry my cheeks with your breath

dangerous

like menacing dynamite

hands for hands

are a safe shelter

eyes are shining

in wet eyelashes framed

lead flows from the sky

with the summer rain

there is almost

no dry thread on us

but let it rain like that

let it wash

our hot hearts

like torches

before the heat

consumes us completely

because of the street

because of the passers-by

TRANSLATOR: RENATA CYGAN (ENGLAND)

NEXT TO US...

We regret the most, when things of importance

pass by, although they are so close

and nothing is left, and they could mean so much or everything

we regret the most when things of importance pass by like gossamer

see? It is gone, and only

unrecognised massive loss is left

we were to have everything

and only this terrible void is left

something has passed us by like a thread forever and inexorably...

TRANSLATOR: DOROTA BOGUMIŁA ZEGAROWSKA

HELPLESSNESS

The invisible space between

carries enormity of weakness

The scared eyes run away

having learned not to lie

Down on my knees I change my silent doubt

into a loud I believe

I give an absolution to each lie

dressed in a cloth of hope

Eyes are looking with lie

Eylids are not blinking.

TRANSLATOR: DOROTA BOGUMIŁA ZEGAROWSKA

WANDA “DUSIA” STAŃCZAK

WANDA “DUSIA” STAŃCZAK (Poland): A writer, a composer, an author of over 100 songs, plays on stage, plays with the brush, has founded and runs the cabaret "Half-serious" (for the past 14 years). She has published 16 poetry books. She is the president of the Association of Polish Authors in Warsaw (branch II), and the chairman of the Qualifying Commission of the General Council. Within the past 4 years, under her editorial, 12 international anthologies have been published and promoted in Vilnius, during the World Poet's Rally, of which she is a co-organizer. Her poems have been published in many countries, she was among 99 female poets in the world anthology published in India. The greatest mystery and her creative inspiration is Man. (TRANSLATOR: RENATA CYGAN).