NEW POEMS

“Written in a pared-down, direct language, and filled with allusions to everything from philosophy to TV talk shows, the poetry of Tadeusz Rozewicz encompasses the complexity that is human experience in the early 21th century. Rozewicz’s unique voice, formed during his experience in World War II, and honed by decades living under communist rule, holds a merciless mirror up to the crimes and excesses of the poet’s lifetime. In his eighties now, Rozewicz continues to be a prolific writer and an acerbic commentator on his life and times. This collection combines his latest three columens: ‘the professor’s knife,’ ‘gray zone,’ and ‘exit.’ These are extraordinary poems from an acknowledged European master.”