[Rev.:] Maria Mili Purymska, Na skrzydłach wiatru, Zagnańsk : Świętokrzyskie Towarzystwo Regionalne ; Chicago : [s.n.] 2012, 103, VIII p. [Maria Mili Purymska, On the wings of the wind, Zagnańsk: the Świętokrzyskie Regional Association; Chicago : [s.n.] 2012, 103, VIII p.]

• Authors: Alina Szymczyk

Title variants

EN

[Rev.:] Maria Mili Purymska, Na skrzydłach wiatru, Zagnańsk : Świętokrzyskie Towarzystwo Regionalne ; Chicago : [s.n.] 2012, 103, VIII p. [Maria Mili Purymska, On the wings of the wind, Zagnańsk: the Świętokrzyskie Regional Association; Chicago : [s.n.] 2012, 103, VIII p.]

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

On December 7th 2012, at the Jesuit Millennium Center in Chicago there was a launch party of the book of poetry by Maria Mili Purymska On the Wings of the Wind. It was edited by dr Andrzej Maciej Zarębski at the Świętokrzyskie Regional Association as the 295-th position of the Świętokrzyska Library. This shows the cooperation between the Świętokrzyskie Regional Association and the Association of the Polish Writers name of John Paul II in Chicago, a member of which the author has been since the year 2006. It is worth mentioning that father Jerzy Karpiński S.J. is the spiritual patron of the Association of the Polish Writers. The book has the cover designed by the author. M.M. Purymska was born on 13 June 1946 in Mielewskie, she graduated from the Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences at Warsaw Unversity in 1968. She holds a Master's Degree in cartography. In 1991 she emigrated to USA. She is a versatile creator not only a poetry writer but also a painter and an artistic photographer. She inspires other people to spiritual transformation and entering higher spiritual levels. Purymska's poetry and paintings are spiritual meditation. She paints landscapes, portraits, flowers and angels. In recent years she has showed her paintings at several exhibitions in the city of Chicago. She has participated in Poerty Autumns and Springs organized by the Association of the Polish Writers name of John Paul II in Chicago since 2009. In the introduction to the book Andrzej Maciej Zarębski, PhD wrote: “the poems are saturated with nostalgia for the childhood and youth spent in the fatherland. They are characterized by the belief in the imminent return to the fatherland. The message of this nostalgic and reflective poetry is so expressive that the reader shares this hope and belief. And this is the power and charm of Purymowska's poetry” (p.5 from the editor). In the debut volume, the author states in the poem-message: Don't live your life so fast it's not worth it sit down comfortably in your armchair look inside yourself ask your Angel the purpose of your existence it's Him who shall turn your traffic lights green and shall point the way you will understand then this very necessity to stop... (The Message, p. 43) In the title poem the author would like to: enter the eternity (…) dip into the love light touch the unknown substance with a fog shroud stride through the world's chaos reveal the beauty radiating with God's love (On the Wings of the Wind, p.7) A review by Elżbieta Słoń was publshed in Poland, its title was The Woman Winged With the Wind. The reviewer pointed to the content of the five parts of the volume: “The first one relates to the broadly understood love, the others - to her native land, the Christian faith, and the charm of the seasons. In conclusion, the author presented the reflections and thoughts on a variety of topics. Purymska enriches the book with her paintings.” (Elżbieta Słoń, The Woman Winged With the Wind, “Goniec Świętokrzyski”, 2012. – Goniec No. 171. pdf, September No 3/40/171 – a quarterly social and cultural magazine of the Świętokrzyski region). The first part is entitled On Love. Love seems to be the essence of the artist's life. The poet describes love, addressing her as a person: Submerged in dew you comb your hair with the wind to weave cornflowers into them and so poppies and lilies of the Valley (About Love, p. 10) The second part of the volume is entitled Fatherland. Here the lines reveal longing for Poland, the homeland - Podlasie. The author being an immigrant, living in North America feels a Pole. She says in the poem of the same title: Poland, my fatherland feels proud of its name with poetry imprinted across from the Tatras to the Baltic (Fatherland, p. 34) Part Three of the book is entitled The Act of Faith includes religious poems or poems referring to religion. The lyrical subject wonders: What's sadness for I pose myself a question I shall shut it in a safe And return it to God (Questions, p. 51) In many poems of The Act of Faith the lyrical subject prays, there are many poems-prayers (The Morning Prayer, Dear Lord, A Word about the Virgin Mary, Thanksgiving, and other. Here is a line from Thanksgiving: Thank You Lord For every single day sunny or rainy warm and frosty (...) For a child's smile And old man's embittered face Thank you For each particle of Your Universe For Your existence and so others' and mine Thank You (Thanksgiving, p. 57) Elżbieta Słoń noted in her review "At the end of the book you can get a dessert - the reproductions of oil paintings by Maria Mili Purymska. She likes to paint landscapes, flowers, angels, portraits, and still life. The paintings are expressive, in them there are a lot of warm, bright colours: brown, red, shades of yellow, often against the dark green or dark blue. To sum up - interestingly painted poems and interestingly illustrated." In the part entitled Reflections the poet talks about joy, peace, solitude, awe, envy, and forgiveness. In the poem To My Children the poet confessed: You were little crumbs when I first Saw you and held you In my arms I hugged you and asked the Angel to guide you (...) (To My Children, p.82) The late debut of the author deserves the attention of readers.

Keywords

EN

Purymska Maria Mili (1946 -); Polish poetry in the United States; poetry of emigration; religious lyric poetry; patriotic lyric poetry; personal lyric poetry

• Publisher: Fundacja Naukowa Katolików “Eschaton”
• Journal: Religious and Sacred Poetry: An International Quarterly of Religion, Culture and Education
• Year: 2013
• Issue: 1(1)
• Pages: 145-148

Dates

published

2013-01-01-2013-03-31

Contributors

author

Alina Szymczyk

• The John Paul II Polish Writers Association in Chicago in Illinois in USA

References

• Maria Mili Purymska, Na skrzydłach wiatru [On the Wings of the Wind], Afterword: Janusz Kopeć, Zagnańsk : The Świętokrzyskie Regional Association ; Chicago : [s. n.] 2012, p. 103, VIII, The Świętokrzyska Library ; 295.

Identifiers

ISSN

2299-9922