Tadeusz Rozewicz

They Came to See a Poet

Published by Anvil


Knowledge

Nothing will ever be
explained
nothing levelled
nothing rewarded

nothing
never

time will not heal anything
wounds will not scar
a word will not take
the place of another word

grass will not cover up the graves
the dead will die
and will not rise again

the world will not come to an end

poetry will drag itself
on
towards Arcady
or the opposite way