parachute packing—

up there somewhere

a star begins to fall

składanie spadochronu—

gdzieś tam w górze

zaczyna spadać gwiazda

Eugeniusz Zacharski, Poland (EC)

Eugeniusz Zacharski reaches deep into the reader with the visual of a person packing a parachute. The act of someone using that parachute and diving is linked to a star falling. The second line, “out there somewhere”, with a complete lack of nouns is quite unique. I could not get the image of paratroopers out of my mind, even though it could just be an adventure sports enthusiast using that parachute.  


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tiring journey

my shadow facing

the shadow side

męcząca podróż

mój cień zwraca się

w stronę cienia 

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