Some remarks on the lyric poetry of Stanisław Dłuski

Abstract

Stanisław Dłuski is one of the outstanding contemporary poets connected with the Podkarpackie Region. In the course of nearly two decades, his work has evolved immensely. At first, the artist expressed his bond with the culture and tradition of villages near Rzeszów, in a way that was characteristic to him. Later, affected by traumatic existential experiences, he explored the problem of his own alienation from the values and heritage of the world associated with his childhood and youth. His poetry gained a sombre and destructive quality; it entered a more complex phase of searching for God and the meaning of life. His work, however, is not one-dimensional, but presents many perspectives that fall within the abundant horizon of the poet’s experience.