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Poetic talent doesn't operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry.

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Poets yearn, of course, to be published, read, and understood, but they do little, if anything, to set themselves above the common herd and the daily grind.

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Generally speaking, life is so rich and full of variety; you have to remember all the time that there is a comical side to everything.

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I'm fighting against the bad poet who is prone to using too many words.

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There's simply too much fuss about myself.

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When I was young I had a moment of believing in the Communist doctrine. I wanted to save the world through Communism. Quite soon I understood that it doesn't work, but I've never pretended it didn't happen to me.

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Someone sits at a table or lies on a sofa while staring motionless at a wall or ceiling. Once in a while this person writes down seven lines, only to cross out one of them 15 minutes later, and then another hour passes, during which nothing happens. Who could stand to watch this kind of thing?

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I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.

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I don't believe I have a mission. Sometimes I really have a spiritual need to say something more general about the world, and sometimes something personal.

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Unfortunately, poetry is not born in noise, in crowds, or on a bus. There have to be four walls and the certainty that the telephone will not ring. That's what writing is all about.

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Biography

Nationality: Polish

Type: Poet

Born: July 2nd, 1923

Died: February 1st, 2012

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