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Zbigniew Herbert's 'Mr. Cogito on Virtue'

October 9, 2019 Liam Guilar

Zbigniew Herbert (1924-1998)

Mr. Cogito again. This time contemplating Virtue and her failure to seduce ‘real men’.

This is taken from ‘The Collected Poems’ (Atlantic books 2008) a magnificent and dangerous book.

Tags Zbigniew herbert, Twentieth century, Polish, Poetry in Translation, Mr Cogito
← W.B.Yeats' 'The Wandering of Aengus'Ivor Gurney's 'First Time In'. →

A Man of Heart, the second part of A Presentment of Englishry, like the first part, is now available direct from the publisher https://www.shearsman.com/store/-p121791246 and usual online sources. Signed copies are available from the shop on this site.

Review of A Presentment of Englishry here: http://longpoemmagazine.org.uk/reviews/a-presentment-of-englishry/

Reviews of A Man of Heart here: Heart of the Island nation and here https://dura-dundee.org.uk/2024/04/01/a-man-of-heart/