JOANNA WICHERKIEWICZ

JOANNA WICHERKIEWICZ

at four AM

sorrows bathe

in silence

divided in halves

by a clock

One minute of happiness timidly

walked on by close to me

I did not recognize it

now I will be watching

every second

i don’t understand the killing

even for the price of hope

and dying i don’t understand

in the name of vague freedoms

how much there is to understand

in youthful boldness

and how much of memory of child’s play

in hide and seek

in piggy in the middle

war

real and comprehendible

is the cold of graves

in tears of those close

washed

history hurts

and

overwhelms

JOANNA WICHERKIEWICZ

JOANNA WICHERKIEWICZ was born in 1971 in Mlawa. She spent her childhood in Zuromin. Next, she moved to Olsztyn. Presently, she lives in a picturesque town – Uniejow. A place associated with thermal waters. She is a teacher. Poetry came to her at her birth. She moved from simple rhymes to white poems. Creation is a way for her to wash herself of the dirt of this world, an escape and an attempt to fix the world. Her poems were published in Angora, Dziennik Polski, Tygodnik Cechanowski, Uniejowskie Strony, W Uniejowie. She also published in such magazines as Najlepsze z życia, she had her poems published on poetry web portals such as PoeciPolscy.pl, nowemysli.pl, szuflada.pl. Her poems can also be found in collections: Przed Oczami by Monika Sawicka and Mosty Słów. She published her own book of poems entitled Okruchy Codzienności. Her new book of poems is being prepared for publication.