{"id":19024,"date":"2024-04-25T11:35:29","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T16:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/?p=19024"},"modified":"2024-04-26T10:38:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T15:38:23","slug":"the-lark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/archives\/19024","title":{"rendered":"The Lark"},"content":{"rendered":"

A poem by Grzegorz Bia\u0142kowski translated from the Polish by Danuta E. Kosk-Kosicka<\/em><\/p>\n

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skowronek<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n

by\u0142 taki czas kiedy \u017cy\u0142em<\/span><\/span>
niby jastrz\u0105b unosz\u0105cy si\u0119 jakbym nimi w\u0142ada\u0142<\/span><\/span>
na wysokich wiatrach<\/span><\/span>
przesuwaj\u0105cych niebiosa ze wschodu ku zachodowi<\/span><\/span>
przepa\u015b\u0107<\/span><\/span>
zawis\u0142\u0105 nad ziemi\u0105 i lito\u015bciwie os\u0142anian\u0105<\/span><\/span>
zwa\u0142ami chmur<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

\u017cyj\u0105c tak odr\u00f3\u017cnia\u0142em<\/span><\/span>
skowronka od bry\u0142y piasku poln\u0105 mysz<\/span><\/span>
od kamienia i to rozr\u00f3\u017cnienie<\/span><\/span>
wydawa\u0142o mi si\u0119 i by\u0142o rzeczywi\u015bcie<\/span><\/span>
spraw\u0105 \u017cycia i \u015bmierci<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

i c\u00f3\u017c<\/span><\/span>\u2013<\/span><\/span>teraz<\/span><\/span>
pragn\u0105\u0142bym oczy zamkn\u0105wszy sta\u0107 si\u0119 czarn\u0105 skib\u0105<\/span><\/span>
kt\u00f3ra wzlatuj\u0105c<\/span><\/span>
\u015bpiewa<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
***<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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the lark<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
i<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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there was a time I lived<\/span><\/span>
like a hawk riding high winds<\/span> as if<\/span><\/span>
I governed them<\/span><\/span>
they moved the heavens from east to west<\/span><\/span>
the abyss<\/span><\/span>
suspended over the earth and mercifully<\/span><\/span>
concealed by mounds of clouds<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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living like that I could distinguish<\/span><\/span>
a lark from a lump of sand a field mouse<\/span><\/span>
from a stone and to me<\/span><\/span>
that discernment seemed and it really was<\/span><\/span>
a matter of life and death<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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and<\/span>\u2014<\/span>now<\/span><\/span>
upon closing my eyes I would hope to become<\/span><\/span>
a chunk of black soil<\/span><\/span>
that ascends<\/span><\/span>
singing<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
i<\/span><\/div>\n
i<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Grzegorz Bia\u0142kowski <\/a><\/div>\n

Danuta E. Kosk-Kosicka<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A poem by Grzegorz Bia\u0142kowski translated from the Polish by Danuta E. Kosk-Kosicka   skowronek by\u0142 taki czas kiedy \u017cy\u0142emniby jastrz\u0105b unosz\u0105cy si\u0119 jakbym nimi w\u0142ada\u0142na wysokich wiatrachprzesuwaj\u0105cych niebiosa ze wschodu ku zachodowiprzepa\u015b\u0107zawis\u0142\u0105 nad ziemi\u0105 i lito\u015bciwie os\u0142anian\u0105zwa\u0142ami chmur \u017cyj\u0105c tak odr\u00f3\u017cnia\u0142emskowronka od bry\u0142y piasku poln\u0105 myszod kamienia i to rozr\u00f3\u017cnieniewydawa\u0142o mi si\u0119 i by\u0142o […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2291,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[81],"tags":[36],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Jypy-4WQ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19024"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2291"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19024"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19092,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19024\/revisions\/19092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}