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| | POLISH CULTURAL INSTITUTE |
 | | A kind of poetic utterance, these “talk poems” are devoid of any singsong quality yet faithfully preserve all the melodies and rhythms of colloquial speech. |
 | | Krzystof Kamil Baczynski (1921-1944), though his life was cut short in the Warsaw Uprising, is one of the most outstanding and extraordinary poets Poland has ever produced. |
 | | Cyprian Norwid, born 1821, was orphaned in early childhood, left Poland forever at 21, was befriended by Chopin, traveled widely, even to America, was dogged by financial crises, arrested for debt, and from 1854 lived in Paris, forced to spend his final years in a hostel for Polish orphans and veterans. |
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