Skip to content

hidden pilcrow

  • home
  • poetry
    • the decalogue
    • słowem o niczym
  • prose
    • Kaduk polski: Czechło
  • software development
  • about me
  • contact

Tag: temporality

Measuring time

Published on 03/09/2026 by Maciej ModzelewskiLeave a comment

Sometimes I wonder: how should I measure time?
In years, days, minutes, or in steps, perhaps,
since time is all about contiguous expansion,
even if occasionally it slaps my hands to chastise
my deliberate impatience?


More words to ponder at maciejmodzelewski.com

Categories English poetry, poetry•Tags poem, time, uncertainty, restraint, temporality, measurement, cosmology, impatience, continuity, expansion, questioning

A film frame

Published on 21/06/2025 by Maciej ModzelewskiLeave a comment

Whether it’s young, in dire need of leniency,
or old enough to be forgiven or forgotten,
it’s not life that is alluring; it’s the photographs
that we take of it.


More words to ponder at maciejmodzelewski.com

Categories English poetry, poetry•Tags aging, forgiveness, life vs art, mediation, memory, perception, photography, poem, temporality, visual culture, youth
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • hidden pilcrow
    • Join 165 other subscribers.
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • hidden pilcrow
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar