Full Description
Dariusz Sosnicki's poems open our eyes to the sublime just beneath the surface of the mundane: a train carrying children away from their parents for summer vacation turns into a ravenous monster; a meal at a Chinese restaurant inspires a surreal journey through the zodiac; a malfunctioning printer is a reminder of the ghosts that haunt us no matter where we find ourselves. Among the perpetrators and victims, buzzed or wasted to the bone, gliding without their blinkers on in the ruts of the national fate-they're not at home. Dariusz Sosnicki is an award-winning poet, essayist, and editor in Poland.
Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ONE 4
LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER 5
FROM THE GROUND FLOOR 6
GOING DOWN 7
VISIONS OF THE MIDWEST PRAIRIE 8
WYNTON MARSALIS AND THE BOSTON SYPHONY ORCHESTRA
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF SEIJI OZAWA ON THE FRENCH
MUSIC STATION "MEZZO" 10
MONSTER 12
CHINESE ZODIAK 13
A WORKER ON A SCAFFOLD, A MINOR RASTER OF THE DEBRIS
NETTING 14
THREE ROOKS 15
POEM AGAINST MONEY 16
A MOUSE IN A BUCKET 17
MARLEWO 18
RAIN. A RHETORICAL QUESTION 19
IN WINTER, THREE HOURS BEFORE DAWN 20
TWO 21
MR. P. CONFESSES: I'M NOT AN URBAN GUERILLA 22
MR. AND MRS. P. AND MOTOR VEHICLES 23
MR. AND MRS. P. AND THE SADNESS OF ANIMALS 24
ALPHABET OF MR. P.: THE ETHOS OF READING 25
ALPHABET OF MRS. P.: TABLE 26
ALPHABET OF MR. P.: SHOPPING BAG 27
ALPHABET OF MR. P.: SHOES or the Opinion of Mr. P. on the 2008 Olympics 28
ALPHABET OF MR. P.: AUTUMN COAT 29
MR. AND MRS. P. AND ANTI-WANDA 30
ALPHABET OF MRS. P.: POTTED PLANTS (in December) 31
MR. AND MRS. P. AND THE PRICE OF SUGAR 32
MR. AND MRS. P. FANTASIZE ABOUT MOVING or On the Advantage
and Disadvantage of History for Life 33
SUMMER OF MR. AND MRS. P. 34
THREE 35
THAW 36
THE HYDRANT ON LACHOWICKA STREET 37
BIRD SONG 38
WASPS 39
HOW DOES ONE GO DOWN THE STAIRS 40
MAUNDY THURSDAY 41
THE IKARUS 42
TONERSTAINS 43
OF THINGS AND PEOPLE 44
HOLY CROSS LAMENT 45
EARTHLY DELIGHTS 46
NOTES 48
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 49
[Polish poems not yet included]
