The upheaval created by the rise of the Solidarity movement in the 1980s inspired a generation of Polish poets to explore new expressions of themes both original and traditional.
This selection offers a dark rejoinder to a classic 16th century Polish poem, “The Linden Tree.”
It comes from “City of Memory: A Bilingual Anthology of Contemporary Polish Poetry,” edited and translated by Michael Mikoś, professor of foreign languages and literature at UWM.
Reproduced with permission from “City of Memory: A Bilingual Anthology of Contemporary Polish Poetry,” published by Slavica. © 2015 by Slavica. All rights reserved.
