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was born in 1993. She is the author of “Wątpia” [Doubt], which was nominated for the Gdynia Literary Prize and took third place in the “Browar za debiut” poll. She lives in Wrocław, where she does diagnostic work in a laboratory.

to preserve you in verse, sea turtle
ingesting plastic bags instead of jellyfish,
to plop you in this poem like a cradle or a tomb
is all I can do, forgive me, I can’t fetch
you a school of moon jellies stuttering like hearts,
I can’t teach you to tell polymer from mesoglea,
I won’t give up single-use needles,
I can’t dismantle the Great Pacific Garbage Patch,
I won’t sweep humans from every continent
’cause who’d then preserve you in verse, turtle bro

Author’s note:

Typically, writing is for me a laborious search,

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Anna Adamowicz:

was born in 1993. She is the author of “Wątpia” [Doubt], which was nominated for the Gdynia Literary Prize and took third place in the “Browar za debiut” poll. She lives in Wrocław, where she does diagnostic work in a laboratory.

Translation: Karen Kovacik

Publish date: 24.07.2019

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Antonina Małgorzata Tosiek:

was born in 1996. She has two first names. Once upon a time, she wanted to become Danuta Szaflarska, but then remembered that she prefers to tell stories penned upon paper. She acts, attends Polish Studies at the University of Poznań, and writes poems and stage plays. Winner of several poetry prizes. Awaiting the publication of her debut volume of poetry.

why you crying stupid
it’s okay now
those are your Sunday rules
that you kill the rooster come on
is this your first time on a farm
that you’re so shocked stop shaking
coz you’ll miss and then you gotta pluck
head on the block and then the axe

you won’t cut it off?
give it to me I’ll do it

Author’s note:

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it’s only sunday

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