Trafika Europe 2 - Polish Nocturne

* Ewa Chrusciel (six poems) ................................................... 73 and not to spill a single grain ............................................................................ 78 It hides in-between the birches. It flickers. Hide and seek. ................................ 79 1974. An old man holds a votive candle at the Polish- ...................................... 77 Prayer on the Runway....................................................................................... 78 Prayer ............................................................................................................... 79 Prayer ............................................................................................................... 81 Peter Stamm: All Days are Night (excerpt) .............................83 László Sárközi: Inner World (a sonnet wreath)...................97 I. Night ............................................................................................................. 99 II. Beggar’s sonnet.......................................................................................... 100 III. Facing eternity .......................................................................................... 101 IV. Under the Taigetosz.................................................................................. 102 V. Outrcry ...................................................................................................... 103 VI. Me ............................................................................................................ 104 VII. Drunken sonnet ....................................................................................... 105 VIII. In the grip of time .................................................................................... 106 IX. Omen ........................................................................................................ 107 X. Poetry ........................................................................................................ 108 XI. Shards ....................................................................................................... 109 XII. In the pull of antagonisms........................................................................ 110 XIII. Finale ...................................................................................................... 111 XIV. Civilization .............................................................................................. 112 Master Sonnet ................................................................................................ 113 Imma Monsó: A Man of His Word (excerpt) ........................ 114 Leena Lehtolainen: Kiss of Santa (a short story) ................ 135 * Adam Pańczuk: a note about the photographs .......... 171 Acknowledgments .................................................................174

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