tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081959.post1126278979518427955..comments2023-09-18T06:23:06.811-03:00Comments on Days: 2004-2012: Anna ŚwirszczyńskaCarol Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04939321886306936715noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081959.post-52000604581497229232010-11-21T23:56:39.531-03:002010-11-21T23:56:39.531-03:00I love Anna Swirszczynska's poetry. (Most of w...I love Anna Swirszczynska's poetry. (Most of what I've read by her has been published under the shorter version of her last name, Swir, that she sometimes used.) I first read her work, what little bit I could find in a couple of anthologies, probably almost 30 years ago.<br /><br />The poem you've given here seems to me a particularly good example of her work, characteristic of many of her poems, so pared-down, bare-bones, so deeply felt but completely free of frivolous sentiment.<br /><br />Some time back I wrote a little about Anna Swir's (or Swirszczynska's) poetry in my blog, <a href="http://aburningpatience.blogspot.com/2005/08/from-barricades.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>, if you care to take a look.<br /><br />I also really like the poetry of Tadeusz Rosewicz (the post after this one).<br /><br />Thanks for posting these.Lyle Daggetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10731915540520704368noreply@blogger.com