Zbigniew Herbert Black Poems
- 1. Three Poems By Heart
I
I can't find the title
of a memory about you
... - 2. From The Top Of The Stairs
Of course
those who are standing at the top of the stairs
know
they know everything
... - 3. What Our Dead Do
Jan came this morning
â??I dreamt of my father
he says
... - 4. The Ardennes Forest
Cup your hands to scoop up sleep
as you would draw a grain of water
and the forest will come: a green cloud
a birch trunk like a chord of light
... - 5. Elegy Of Fortinbras
To C. M.
Now that weâ??re alone we can talk prince man to man
though you lie on the stairs and see more than a dead ant
... - 6. First The Dog
to Laika
So first the faithful dog will go
... - 7. How We Were Introduced
â??for perfidious protectors
I was playing in the street
no one paid attention to me
... - 8. Report From The Besieged City
Too old to carry arms and fight like the others -
they graciously gave me the inferior role of chronicler
I record - I don't know for whom - the history of the siege
... - 9. In A City
In an eastern city where I wonâ??t return
there is a winged stone light and huge
lightning strikes this winged stone
I close my eyes to remember
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