Yennefer

“She was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. Her hair was as black as a raven’s wing, her eyes as green as emeralds, and her skin as pale as moonlight.” (Chapter 3) “Yennefer was a sorceress, a wielder of powerful magic and a master of manipulation. She was cunning and ruthless, with a … Read more

M 31

“The angels have gone with you It’s dark night in a huge house I was dying And crying at them There’s us No more… Eli lama Sabachtani” Wilki – Eli lama Sabachtani – Polish song from 1990’s (My translation) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYIjsWZ4bLU I checkedTonightStill thereThe only distant galaxyVisble with Naked eyeJust up thereWhere the armsOf Cassiopeia Would … Read more

Cuckoo (org. Kukushka)

“She loves me-loves me not.My hands I pickand having broken my fingersfling away.So the first daisy-headsone happens to flickare plucked,and guessing,scattered into May.Let a cut and shavereveal my grey hairs.Let the silver of the yearsring out endlessly !Shameful common sense –I hope, I swear –Will never cometo me.”… Vladimir Mayakovski – Past One O’clock Source … Read more

Post Scriptum

“Gloria victis, the words echoed through the halls of the Colosseum, a testament to the unyielding spirit of the gladiators who fought for honor and glory, even in the face of certain death.” Conn Iggulden – The Death of Kings SoThis is it,They say,And I don’t know …Drove through the rusty duskOf Leistershire plain The … Read more

Empty page

“This is a haiku It’s about nothing at all Well, exept nothing” Mollie Myers – A Haiku / Bout Nothing Empty pageIs full of all kinds of secretsBut it’s an offerMore than a screaming demandNew land just foundThe exploration of whichCan spike adrenalineInvitation to a rambleInto the far cornersOf existenceEmpty pageIs the truest Form of … Read more

Rejection

“Oh! I don’t think I would care to catch a sensible man. I shouldn’t know what to talk to him about.” Oscar Wilde – The Importance of Being Earnest I don’t needYour apologetic smilesNodding of your headsAnd tolerant silenceMuch preferThat hidden disdainIn your eyesThat moral superiorityYou show me offWith every figureOf your bodyLanguageKnowing thatI masteredYour … Read more

Return of the Queen

Music for the Queen – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb3_e52oTHk My Lady JaneOh, Our LadyHow elated Thou return us madeWe were truly struck with painYour deposition made itSeeing your short accession fadeThey took You from usAnd told us it was doneSaid You were executedYou’re gone forever and thusThe mention of You is banAnd memory of You – pollutedAnd proclaimed … Read more

Dark Silence

“Maybe there’s a God aboveAnd all I ever learned from loveWas how to shoot at someone who outdrew youIt’s not a cry you can hear at night, It’s not somebody who’s seen the lightIt’s a cold and its a broken Hallelujah” Leonard Coen – Halleluajah This is a singable version of the Polish song “Zrozumieć … Read more

Behind the eyes

“The moon’s reflection on the rippling water – how it moves my heart” Ryōkan Taigu – Japanese poet and zen monk Music accordingly by The Who – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmbCOMM8peo It’s strange…That persistanceOf my feelingsAbout YouYou have done muchTo deterMy affectionAnd I have done My bestAs wellI knowI’m notWhat you wantAnd I knowI’m notAnd I’m not probablyWhat … Read more

Zen

“Under the cherry blossomsstrangers are notreally strangers” Kobayashi Issa – – translation: Zoria P. K. Music from beautiful Alicia Keys – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfiEFQIb8TA Oh,I would be ableTo defineYour beautyBut to goTo the depth of The phenomenonOf its powerTo analyse,To get it solvedThe mysteryOf your secret.WhyOf hundreds Pretty girlsI’ve seen this morningYou’ve gotMy entire attentionSparked that Divine … Read more