Piotr Florczyk

is a Polish poet, translator, and essayist residing in the USA.
Two Poems
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Two Poems

“You impregnated me and I gave birth to pearls. / Authentic. Look.” Two poems by Anna Świrszczyńska (Anna Swir) about an older woman’s Eros.
Anna Świrszczyńska
Three Poems on the Warsaw Uprising
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Three Poems on the Warsaw Uprising

“I’ll hide in the wall, I’ll go into the wall / like a centipede. / Everyone will die, and I / will survive.” Three poems by Anna Świrszczyńska (Anna Swir) from her 1974 collection “Building the Barricade”.
Anna Świrszczyńska