KRYSTYNA GRYS

KRYSTYNA GRYS

The New Beginning

After a pandemic

we will feed

new day-to-day reality

with the joy of life

Bright landscapes

will surround us

We will rebuild

our interiors

We will free our thoughts

from anxiety

they will pulsate

like water in pure

spring

Calm dreams will come

We will sit at the tables

smelling with bread

and love

In our eyes

there will shine

all suns

of the world

Life During Pandemic

Dressed in patience

I tame silence

I rewind my own time

frame by frame

Wodecki* from the record

wants to watch

the world with me

A crossword puzzle is waiting

to be solved

The book attracts

with mystery

On the balcony a cat

is drinking the sun from a flowerpot

I envy sparrows

they cut cleanliness

of clouds

with their carefree flight

The house becomes cramped

I count steps from the room

to the kitchen

Dream brings

consolation

I can walk barefoot

on a meadow

*Zbigniew Wodecki (1950-2017) - a very popular Polish singer, musician and composer; one of his most famous songs was titled “I want to watch the world with you”

Before

For each bit of luck

I paid with my suffering

Before the nail of sorrow

will close the oak lid of heaven

I count the balance of life

I glue together the remains of dreams

Put ointment

to the frayed wings

Maybe I manage to fly

over the edge of the night dream

before the predatory fingers

will catch me

KRYSTYNA GRYS

KRYSTYNA GRYS: She was born and still living in Leszno. She attended the Jan Amos Komenski Pedagogical High School in Leszno. Krystyna Grys published 11 volumes of lyric poetry, 3 volumes of epigrams, 1 volume of limericks and 7 volumes of poems for children. Her poems were published in various almanacs and translated to a few foreign languages. Krystyna Grys received two awards of the Mayor of Leszno, the Maria Konopnicka Literary Award, the Klemens Janicki Literary Award and the Tadeusz Micinski “Phoenix” Award. She is a member of the Polish Writers Association in Poznan and the Culture Creators Society of Leszno. She has meetings in kindergartens, schools, the Senior Clubs, libraries as well as in the Remand Prison in Leszno.