Yesterday
Bozena Helena Mazur-Nowak comes from Poland, Opole but since 2004, she has been living in the UK. She is a poet, writer, and translator and has published six volumes of poetry; three in Polish and three in English. She is also a contributor to numerous worldwide anthologies.
In 2014 she tried herself in prose and published her very first short story collection ''Doom''. Later another collection ''Interrupted life'' and a novel ''Blue cottage'' were published. Winner of many awards, diplomas, and statuettes, she translates polish poets into English and international poets into Polish. Her poetry was translated into English (by herself), French, Swedish, Spanish, Italian Telugu, Arabic, Russian languages. She is a pilgrim and an eternal dreamer.
Bozena Helena Mazur-Nowak/UK
She stood by the window yesterday
and watched as life went by
today flowers wither in pots
she does not squint eyes to the sun anymore
shutters wide open
yellow plaster from the wall crumbles
at the bus stop a gloomy hourglass
says a prayer for her soul
yesterday she greeted with a smile
today adorns memories with tears
she assisted the homeless and hungry
shared a slice of bread with love
she invited pigeons for crumbs
small sparrows squirrels and cats
who will look after a sad group today
which is missing the blue of her eyes
© Bozena Helena Mazur-Nowak