Love Poem

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Jacek Szafranowicz:

Poet. Before the book debut: he was born in 1983 and lives in the Tricity in northern Poland.

he handed me a revised version

of my love poem

asking with surprise

what the word katyush was doing

in a love poem

I responded with surprise

that I didn’t understand

the question

he asked with a smile

what I meant

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Jacek Szafranowicz:

Poet. Before the book debut: he was born in 1983 and lives in the Tricity in northern Poland.

Translation: Karen Kovacik

Publish date: 03.08.2023

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Cynthia Hogue:

Emerita Professor of English at Arizona State University. She has published nine collections of poetry.

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