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306 · Feb 2022
Cuckoo
Anna Banasiak Feb 2022
tree bent over the water
looks at itself in a stream
reads my mind
I looked into my soul
and I trembled with fear
there in the distance the frog is croaking
dogs complain about their lot
Cuckoo counts my days
And I’m thinking of you
cuckoo;water;mind;soul
282 · Nov 2016
The Sea
Anna Banasiak Nov 2016
Our love is infinite
Your voice
echoes eternity
The sounds of the sea
absorbs moments
Ships sail lazily
Fluttering waves
fill me with desire
I see You,
as in my dream
Stay with me
forever
279 · Sep 2018
Dream
Anna Banasiak Sep 2018
white horses jumped  
from the black thoughts
closed
in the open window
they rush play  
grow in a dream
sharp words
fall into memory
wound
outside the existence

white horses
run
helpless
in infinity
276 · Jul 2017
Pájaros
Anna Banasiak Jul 2017
Eres un soplo de eternidad
En un espacio intemporal
El sentido de mi existencia
Estoy vagando sin ti
En el desierto de la nada
Recuerdo tu beso
Luz como el cielo
Quiéreme
Con tu toque eterno
Y liberarme
De la jaula
De soledad
273 · Jan 2017
Infinity
Anna Banasiak Jan 2017
I'm listening to the immense sounds of the sea
amidst the echoes of the past
the sky absorbs moments
I forget the names and shapes of things
in the chaos of passing
standing on the shore
in the absolute loneliness
the waves are taking time
which has left
turning the memories
into emptiness
272 · Sep 2019
My Boy
Anna Banasiak Sep 2019
I can hide You in my hand
and put
in the house of dolls
don't be afraid
You don't have to grow up
You can play
in life
You're too fragile
for this time
I'll save You from the world
my little boy
my boy;dolls;fragile;world
265 · Dec 2018
Cakes
Anna Banasiak Dec 2018
with afternoon tea I come back
to the past
when you were here
we baked apples
with crumble
dog in the kitchen
fawned over you
the smell of baked cabbage
teased everyone
nicely
smelt this time
264 · Dec 2018
The Little Mermaid
Anna Banasiak Dec 2018
leaning over me  
you read me fairy  
sang
lulled to sleep
you saw before me
future fulfilled
today I can return
and ask
why I’m still
your little mermaid
261 · May 2017
The Rhythm
Anna Banasiak May 2017
Mother
is like sunrise
she brightens
allows to leave
from the black
powerlessness
flows like a wave
floats
and safely
lulls me to sleep
252 · May 2018
magical cats
Anna Banasiak May 2018
cats at the table
purr at the poetry book
as if playing jazz:
furry philosophers
analyzing human art?
251 · Jun 2017
In your arms…
Anna Banasiak Jun 2017
subtle sounds and shapes
vanish in Your voice
mouth desires
I touch You tenderly
feel the fire
rising from Your kiss
in Your arms
I enter infinity
248 · Jun 2017
Philosophy
Anna Banasiak Jun 2017
Fairy Cat furry philospher
has plenty of wisdom to offer
he looks at the sky
and wonders why
the world is so improper
247 · Aug 2017
The Game
Anna Banasiak Aug 2017
I'm searching for Your caresses

Let me drink the heat of Your mouth

I can’t stop

My hands wander in darkness

The waves hit the shore With desire

The island is free Like a bird

Warm me up With Your love

In the endless game
241 · Aug 2021
The Sea II
Anna Banasiak Aug 2021
Love for you
never ends
your voice plays in me
music of the sea
dances on  
the foamed waves
it’s in my dream
237 · Dec 2018
lull me lull
Anna Banasiak Dec 2018
to my mother

I
in you
without words
with you
the whole world
is laughing
in memory
always together
lulls
my childhood
without you
there is no us
235 · Aug 2019
The Past
Anna Banasiak Aug 2019
the rustle of autumn leaves
lulled cats
cuddled on the porch

under the dark blue sky
full of stars
in the moonlight

I see parents
grandparents' house
burnt by war

listened to the croaking in the pond
the dance of leaves
dreamy

slowly I find myself
in the dark and bright
future
232 · Jun 2017
The trains
Anna Banasiak Jun 2017
I hear their echo…

they’re running through my world

in the inner Jerusalem

the faces scatter

like the broken vessels

I wear a cage in myself

in the clothes

of memory

silence overwhelms

in the trains

of thoughts

doors without exit

everywhere

the trains are hiding

in my dreams
232 · Mar 2018
China
Anna Banasiak Mar 2018
The rustle of wings
in the shadows on the sea
the music of peace
Anna Banasiak Dec 2017
bird’s silent singing
captured in the morning dream
wakes to new life:
pirouetting in the air
disappears in the rainbow
229 · May 2018
Pajaros
Anna Banasiak May 2018
Eres un soplo de eternidad
En un espacio intemporal
El sentido de mi existencia
Estoy vagando sin ti
En el desierto de la nada
Recuerdo tu beso
Luz como el cielo
Quiéreme
Con tu toque eterno
Y liberarme
De la jaula
De soledad
227 · Sep 2018
free love
Anna Banasiak Sep 2018
set me free
calm the heat
sway
take in your arms
and hide
from the world
223 · Dec 2018
Bath
Anna Banasiak Dec 2018
Mom
I like when you ****** me
remove weights with touch
in the baby tub
I splatter soap bubbles
with rubber toys
safe
in your hands
221 · Aug 2019
Masquerade+ poems
Anna Banasiak Aug 2019
Masquerade


I'm leaving my body
the costumes are borrowed
from the changing room of life
my face belongs to a foreign person
for the moment
someone's invisible hand
removes my life
as a used prop
I'm leaving
to start playing
in the new mask

                                              

Van Gogh's Ear

The space is blurred
I see men in the fur of red birds
yellow clocks wearing hats
are sitting at the table
mirrors are laughing at me
things are ticking
in the echo of chaos
I spread
burning wings
suspended
in doubled dimensions
the sea of colours
is shaping sadness
I feel so lonely
in my locked reality

                                                      
The Walk

I'm listening to the immense sounds of the sea
amidst the echoes of the past
the sky absorbs moments
I forget the names and shapes of things
in the chaos of passing
standing on the shore
in the absolute astonishment
the waves are taking time
which has left
turning the memories
into emptiness





Infinity
I'm looking at people
lost in the rushing universe
I'm only a drop of time
in a gust of eternity
I'm searching for the truth
in the music of things
wandering in the world
like a blind bird

Meditation
The heart beats faster and faster louder
sounds words and thoughts quiet down
I drift to the islands of childhood
body and soul are still muted
they float on the other side
thoughts merge with water
I swim deep into myself
wandering without tips
for transformation
I drift
getting ahead further
deeper and deeper
heart beats more slowly
becoming quieter

The Dancer
a drop of water
unique in cosmos
in the changing river of time
passing like a single life
I'm only a shadow
dancing in the emptiness
220 · Mar 2016
The Moment
Anna Banasiak Mar 2016
The rustle of wings
in the shadows on the sea
I hear the music
Anna Banasiak Sep 2019
He saved her life. But it was a long time ago…

People were just shadows. Every moment was filled with longing for the lost presence. She has always wanted to stop time. Everything was just a mirage of a changing consciousness. She wasn't sure whether the surrounding reality exists. She felt like a spider tangling a net of events. Among whispers, glances and voices she created fictitious worlds. Every word was a story. The moment reminded her of a river of childhood. She waded in the water like a heron. The water was calm, clear as a mirror. Everything was possible. The boundary between childhood and adulthood did not exist. She has always lived in a world of dreams. Mother told her to keep her feet on the ground.
-Life is a way-she remembered her mother saying it-people can change it and make You happy-there are many ways that You can choose, but it’s not always Your way of life, sometimes You can wander and return, the way can be far away, but it’s worth to fight for Your dreams, always cherish yourself and don’t give up.
She liked to listen to the sounds of life. Existence seen through the mirror was falling apart to pieces. The shapes seemed unreal, immersed in a pure form, without beginning and end. It was closed in the microcosm of her visions.
She wanted to spread out wings and fly away, look at life from a distance. Mother, father, family, it was the world that ensures peace, time was playing her like a doll in spite of passing…
She has always wanted to see him once again and thank him for everything: a new life, friends, family and a helping hand…
Suddenly she saw the light. She listened intently to the melodies of existence woven of the finest matter and dreams. Place where you can immerse yourself and observe the surrounding reality. Light and darkness, colour and sound, everything was repeatable, reflecting the circle of life.
She met him again.
-J. is that You?
The cry of her son has interrupted her musings. Everything has come back to normal. She started a new life.

Anna Banasiak
217 · Mar 2019
The Past
Anna Banasiak Mar 2019
the rustle of autumn leaves
lulled cats
cuddled on the porch

under the dark blue sky
full of stars
in the moonlight

I see parents
grandparents’ house
burnt by war

listened to the croaking in the pond
the dance of leaves
dreamy

slowly I find myself
in the dark and bright
future
215 · May 2018
Fantastic setter
Anna Banasiak May 2018
fairy fantastic Irish setter
wrapped in a dream
cuddled with life
maestro of being
beyond words
playing with time in the park
barking at eternity
in the fur of a man
211 · May 2018
Birds
Anna Banasiak May 2018
You're a breath of eternity
in a timeless space
the sense of my existence
I'm wandering without You
in the desert of nothingness
I remember Your kiss
light as the sky
love me
with Your eternal touch
and set me free
from the cage
of loneliness
210 · Jun 2017
The River of Reality
Anna Banasiak Jun 2017
I swim into
The sounds and shadows
Of the past
Shaping sadness
Time stops the existence
My soul sails
To the border of life
I pass
In silence
207 · Feb 2023
The Sea
Anna Banasiak Feb 2023
love for you
never ends
your voice plays in me
music of the sea
dances on
foamy waves
is in my dreams
205 · Dec 2017
The fluffy dog (tanka)
Anna Banasiak Dec 2017
the fluffy dog
searching for the cone and stick
in the nearby park
plays happily with the wind,
neglecting the flow of time
205 · Mar 2018
Coffee
Anna Banasiak Mar 2018
I sail through the cosmos
blowing thoughts fly away
in the path to nowhere
bird's silent singing
captured in the morning  
wakes to new life
I drink the cup of dreams
feel the joy of existence
204 · Feb 2020
Grandma
Anna Banasiak Feb 2020
In a rocking chair at the window
she was left alone tired
unwanted
still behind the glass she sees
her sons grandchildren
little granddaughter behind the curtain
sad Anka
only old furniture
faithful to death
remained
203 · Sep 2018
Dark Light
Anna Banasiak Sep 2018
Dark light


words still tremble
in your mouth
even in silence
they speak for you
and for me

don’t go

from the darkness of this world
into the light
of a new kingdom
202 · Dec 2017
Christmas Dreams
Anna Banasiak Dec 2017
Christmas is coming gliding through the world
everyone is sharing a wafer and warm words
carp smells with memories
animals tell stories like real wizards
snow covers sorrows dancing with the wind
presents rustle under the Christmas tree
father fixes the hands of the clock
mother staples the shreds of the past
I build with blocks the tower of time
rocking horse lulls me to sleep
first star makes dreams come true
I'm going home for Christmas
201 · Apr 2017
The ticking
Anna Banasiak Apr 2017
black clocks
walk in me
blurring
reality
as if
I was not here and now
but always there
suspended
I’m just ticking
between two worlds
erased
from life
198 · Sep 2019
Awakening
Anna Banasiak Sep 2019
mouth are looking for mouth
between verses
they set free
from the forbidden metaphors
they create the world
without ornaments
awekening;world;verses
197 · Aug 2019
My book
Anna Banasiak Aug 2019
Dear Poets and readers,I published a book about Mother "lull me lull"?Can You write a few kind words about the book.I'd be delighted.I truly admire Your poetry,Anna Banasiak
195 · Dec 2018
The Eclipse
Anna Banasiak Dec 2018
Mom
where are you
I’m afraid to be alone
with the shadow
come back, turn on the light
as before
I’ll cuddle you with a scarf
by the lamp
I’ll read
my poems
silence only moth in the jar
fights for life
Anna Banasiak May 2018
When the night comes, I hide

fears, sorrows, bad memories,

I wipe down tears and display children

colourful films

once milk has split

and there was a spot

our mum washed it a lot

and again there were dreams

and memories of good things

when the night comes again

I will unfold my magical power then
194 · May 2020
Pause
Anna Banasiak May 2020
I drift off


to the room of dreams


swaying on the rocking chair


with a cup of coffee


I open my casket with imagination


music seeps gently from the radio


setter stretches lazily


grasping the moment

of this summer
191 · Feb 2023
After bath
Anna Banasiak Feb 2023
I want to touch you
dry with my body
hide
in your arms
and last
so long
until I sculpt you
in my dream
entire
191 · Dec 2018
Words
Anna Banasiak Dec 2018
I hid You in a poem
warm like your look
words are laughing
true like your and my life
I’m not afraid any more
191 · Jun 2017
The bell jar
Anna Banasiak Jun 2017
rustling white aprons
entangled me

it’s dark here
I can't fall asleep without you
why can't you come back

Miles Davis
cuddle with jazz
loneliness
and scattered past

moth whirling in the jar

Sylvia Plath
with her head in the oven

dissapear
190 · Sep 2017
Words
Anna Banasiak Sep 2017
I hid You in a poem
still warm
like Your look
and words of love
true
like my and your life
I’m not afraid any more
it’s a present for You
190 · May 2017
The Fish
Anna Banasiak May 2017
I think about you every night
you are a rising sun
let me fall asleep in Your kisses
waves of nostalgia rustle in the shells
I can’t breathe without You
like a fish
captured in the net
189 · Oct 2017
The Art of Calligraphy
Anna Banasiak Oct 2017
I open the mystical Book of Light.

Jerusalem blossoms like the eternal garden.

God goes back to the beginning.

Words escape from the exile

free as birds.

The sky is open

for everyone.
188 · Aug 2019
The ART OF FLYING
Anna Banasiak Aug 2019
I am a dragonfly
butterfly
a cone in the dog's mouth
I always wanted to
be higher than dreams
dark glasses
birds insects
everything becomes one
as air
and light
in dead space

back home
unnoticed
187 · Sep 2018
Meditation
Anna Banasiak Sep 2018
Meditation - Poem by Anna Banasiak

The heart beats faster and faster louder
sounds words and thoughts quiet down
I drift off to the islands of childhood
body and soul are still muted
they float on the other side
thoughts merge with water
I swim deep into myself
wandering without tips
for transformation
I drift off
getting ahead further
deeper and deeper
heart beats more slowly
becoming quieter
186 · Dec 2018
The Playroom
Anna Banasiak Dec 2018
I’m four feet tall
in the Japanese dress
I climb the trees
chase butterflies
I walk the turtle Winnie
score goals
watch fairies on the wall
about Bear Fąfeluszek about The Snow Queen
I do not want to grow up
I listen to Gulliver’s Travels and Eskimo tales
I slip into a well without a bottom
everything happens too fast
time is rushing like a train set
in a playroom
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