To trust God completely. The work of Stanisław Kazimierz Leszczyński (1944 - 2020)

Abstract

S.K. Leszczyński was a poet who studied physics and mathematics at the Nicolaus Copernicus University and philosophy at the University of Warsaw. He was associated with the Teachers’ Literary Club in Włocławek. He published poems in the local and national press, and published 4 volumes of poetry. His work shows sensitivity to the beauty of the world and the charms of nature, as well as admiration for the lushness of life. The poet expressed his fascination with the countryside perceiving it as an Arcadian land. His choice to live away from great clusters of people, haste, glitz and artificial values ​​deepened his reflective attitude. His poems have a metaphysical dimension; some religious and ethical sensitivity is present in them. The author refers to biblical issues and the works of Polish writers: M. Sęp Szarzyński, F. Karpiński, A. Mickiewicz, B. Leśmian, K.I. Gałczyński, S. Grochowiak and W. Broniewski. His poetic language is rich, densely adorned with extraordinary metaphors, comparisons, epithets, and paradoxical constructions. One can observe some specific predatory imaging in it, as well as an idyllic gentleness can also be perceived. The poet did not shy away from bluntness and expressions that were strongly expressive, which he clashed with the universal, transcendent reality. By the frequent use of a strophic pattern, adherence to the rules of rhythm, adherence to rhymes, mostly inaccurate, and sometimes associative, he connects his works with tradition. On the other hand, he encounters contemporary – metaphorical and elliptical expression, creating stychic poems in which the segmentation of the text depends on individual logical and emotional accents, giving up punctuation marks, abandoning traditional versification schemes. S.K. Leszczyński also dealt with wood carving. He created amphoras, goblets, platters and other items that were displayed in domestic and foreign galleries. The work of this artist is stretched between these two elements, where words reign in one, and forms extracted from wood- in the other; in one there is an abstract elusiveness, and in the other- a tangible concrete; and finally, in one, seeking wisdom, philosophizing, and in the other, the beauty of what is physical. The artist, rotating in these extremely distant worlds, tried to achieve a kind of fullness and completeness.