A sobering thought: If I think too much of the LITERARY MARKET, I’ll start molding my poems to the taste of certain popular politicians, whom I despise.
THE GUARDIAN about publishers & authors
July 21, 2014 — Joanna Kurowska
Says The Guardian:
“In contrast to the decline in earnings of professional authors, the wealth generated by the UK creative industries is on the increase …. If unchecked, this rapid decline in the number of full-time writers could have serious implications for the breadth and quality of content that drives the economic success of our creative industries in the UK.”
Just wondering if this reflects the situation of authors in the USA as well?
On Remembering
July 15, 2014 — Joanna Kurowska
ON REMEMBERING:
Monuments are built to commemorate murderers, destroyers, and tyrants. No wonder, those are the ones who fear most, especially death.
The true remembrance is like a belated reading—of a mom raped and murdered, of a child who witnessed it and then was turned into a soldier; of a microwaved cat, a horse bitten do death.
The true remembrance is both an expression of and protest against madness.
©Joanna Kurowska
New poems!
July 11, 2014 — Joanna Kurowska
Five poems just published at Lunch at Giverny.*
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*Warning! Some of these poems employ irony.
A Poet’s Dilemma
July 5, 2014 — Joanna Kurowska
Writing poetry, I feel I do what I must and should do; while, through its lack of interest and support, the society I live in seems to be suggesting, “Drop it and get a REAL job.”
New publications
July 3, 2014 — Joanna Kurowska
FORTHCOMING:
• Poem “Vibrations” in Adanna Literary Journal Issue #4
JUST PUBLISHED:
• Poems “The Rose” and “An Inkling” in Torrid Literature Journal Vol. XI (July, 2014)
• Poem “Kloto,” in the anthology Warszawskie Opowieści (Warsaw Tales) published by New Europe Writers (2014) (in Polish). The poem first appeared in Obok : Near (Oficyna Literacka, 1999). Its English version “Cloto” can be found in The Wall & Beyond (eLectio Publishing, 2013)
• Poem “The Choice” in Time of Singing Vol. 41 No 1 (Spring 2014)
JOANNA KUROWSKA 