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Weather this
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Fiction

Weather this

“Hello day, I wanted to talk to you about the weather,/ though I never stop talking about it in blood and breath.” A poem by a contemporary British poet.
Zoë Skoulding
An Introduction to Zoë Skoulding’s “Weather this”
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Opinions

An Introduction to Zoë Skoulding’s “Weather this”

Zoë Skoulding’s poem “Weather this” is both playful and serious, teasing out a meditation on how we perceive the natural world.
Julia Fiedorczuk
A Poetic Hurricane
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Opinions

A Poetic Hurricane

The American poet Amanda Gorman recently made headlines with her poem at Joe Biden’s inauguration. Her work promises an exciting future.
Bartosz Wójcik
Miłosz Artefact
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Art

Miłosz Artefact

Czesław Miłosz’s poem “And the City Stood in Its Brightness” deals with loss. It also allows us to reflect on solastalgia, or environmental grief.
Anna Drzewiecki
Sculptures for the Blind
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Experiences

Sculptures for the Blind

“The blind view sculptures with their fingers.” A poem by a contemporary Polish poet.
Krystyna Dąbrowska
funeral
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Art

funeral

“to dust you won’t return / not quite.” A poem by a contemporary Polish poet.
Ida Dzik
Independent of Everyone
Art + Stories
Experiences, Opinions

Independent of Everyone

Israeli poet Agi Mishol talks about old age, her family’s memories of Europe, and the role of nature in poetry.
Paulina Małochleb
Our Sisters’ Auntie
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Experiences, Fiction

Our Sisters’ Auntie

Alaiza Pashkevich – also known as ‘Auntie’ – was the first female Belarusian poet. She was also a revolutionary who fought for her country’s language and cultural identity.
Marta Panas-Goworska, Andrzej Goworski
Nature Is Not Nice
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Nature Is Not Nice

Writer and poet Andri Snær Magnason talks about Iceland’s sacred cows, the importance of his grandmother, and his latest book “On Time and Water”.
Aleksandra Lipczak
Isle of Two Volcanoes
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Experiences

Isle of Two Volcanoes

“In its crater, instead of magma, / the green chill of a lake.” A poem by a contemporary Polish poet.
Krystyna Dąbrowska