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Secrets of a cartographer’s wife
The cartographer’s wife never told him
about her contributions to the maps.
Few tiny islands hidden in the middle
of an archipelago in the name of symmetry.
Some border line moved to more resemble
a face shape. The territory of England shortened
slightly, in a personal revenge.
One time, she renamed an insignificant river
in Bangladesh, after her lover. She pitied
the cartographer for being more furious
about the affair than about her intervention
in the world order. She knew that romances
were ephemeral, while naming things
changed them forever.
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Okay I love all of your poetry. Like, LOVE. Do you have anything published in print?
Hi Clare, thanks so much, that means a lot. I published a book in Polish previously but I have just finished my first poetry collection, Secrets of the Dictator’s Wife, in English. Currently, I am looking for a publisher. You can sign up for the updates on my website: https://katdybzynska.wixsite.com/page. There are also links there to some more poems, realised in magazines or anthologies worldwide and info about the writers retreat I am running in the south of Spain. My best!
Hey @clare-warrington, not sure where you are based but now it is official: I will be running wild creativity retreat in November close to Malaga in Spain. Thought you might want to know. My best! https://katdybzynska.wixsite.com/page/retreats