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The World through the Eyes of Writers

September 2013

In the latest installment of our World through the Eyes of Writers feature, Poland’s Paweł Huelle salutes poet Tomasz Różycki.

A Letter to a Young Poet: On Tomasz Różycki

By Paweł Huelle

There is in these poems a beautiful trace of Rilke.

Translated from Polish by Mira Rosenthal

The Guy Who Bought the World

By Tomasz Różycki

Skyscrapers stab the air, huge fingers / prodding the haze.

Translated from Polish by Mira Rosenthal

In the Evening, Love

By Tomasz Różycki

Love leads him on a leash / from bar to bar.

Translated from Polish by Mira Rosenthal

This Is My Room

By Tomasz Różycki

There’s no earth whatsoever / after sunset.

Translated from Polish by Mira Rosenthal