Category: poetry

Motivational poem

When poetry was moved

Through windows unknown to self

I sat with you

To break it through

The gossip

You told me that life was hard

You told me that it feels weak

When the pavement was as solid as a stone

And the floor neatly cleaned

And the sadness poured through dust

Collected by a vacuum cleaner

And revealed grace as strong as a believer

In the past that just had enough

And the future that held treasure

of golden pencils

fired through time.

Keep going.

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Poem and photography: Alicja Pyszka-Franceschini, 2025. All rights reserved.

Thankful Time/ Wdzięczny Czas (English/Polish Post)

In smart work there is less joy than in a game of tag
and time is running out
for children and adults alike
into the hustle and bustle of memories.

Who caught whom?
No one asks about the tag
But everyone writes a report
On the questions they asked
And answers they received
Only relevant to self
It seems

But to receive an answer
Is to make a promise of gratitude.

No one knows
Few understand

Has the person who asked got lost earlier?
Or did they ask in time?
To be grateful?
Or to be done?
Choose.

– Alicja Pyszka-Franceschini

Additional good read for this week:

This article has caught my attention this week. Very interesting read. This is the Key to Achieving ‘Time Affluence’ (click to read).

Poem and photography by Alicja Pyszka-Franceschini, 2025. Copying without an explicit and written permission from the author is not allowed.

Po Polsku

W mądrej pracy jest mniej radości niż w grze w berka,
a dzieciom i dorosłym czas ucieka tak samo
w zgiełk wspomnień.

Kto kogo złapał? Nikt nie pyta,
Ale każdy pisze raport
Z pytań, które zadał
I odpowiedzi, które otrzymał.
Dotyczących tylko siebie
Wydawać by się mogło.
Ale otrzymać odpowiedź
To złożyć obietnicę wdzięczności.

Nikt nie wie.
Niewielu rozumie.

Czy osoba, która zapytała, zgubiła się wcześniej?
Czy zapytała w porę?

Być wdzięcznym?
Czy po prostu mieć wszystko zrobione?
Wybierz.

Wiersz Alicji Pyszki-Franceschini, 2025.

Ten artykuł przykuł moją uwagę w tym tygodniu. Bardzo interesujący!

Artykuł w magazynie Forbes zatytułowany “To jest klucz do osiągnięcia ‘Bogactwa Czasu'” (kliknij w link tutaj)

Do następnego razu. x

Material Copyrighted by Alicja Pyszka-Franceschini, 2025. Copying without an explicit and written permission from the author is not allowed.

Unobstructed

Sometimes as is…

is not as we please and yet it’s telling…

of choices made

and graces turned into prizes

for next generations…

They will be braver

after all.

Their hands will make homes for ants

And hearts will choose to dance.

Voices will shout, scream, sing or converse

Just as they please…

With wisdom

And ease.

They will be braver

after all…

to choose what’s right

to wear vintage

or have their own style

unobstructed by a lack of self-knowledge

and understanding

unprovoked by grief

survival

or jealousy

supported by well thought-out arguments

of their intuitive elbows

and noise-cancellation headphones.

Ready to hear

themselves.

And choose their purpose…

Photographs and poem Alicja Pyszka-Franceschini, 2024

When ego bursts…

(...)
When ego bursts
It makes space
For the other...

Alicja Pyszka-Franceschini, Autumn 2024

From the anthology On Immaturity (not yet published) by Alicja Pyszka-Franceschini
Photograph: Alicja Pyszka-Franceschini, Ambergate, The Birches, Derbyshire, UK

When ego bursts…

(...)
When ego bursts
It makes space
For the other...

Alicja Pyszka-Franceschini, Autumn 2024

From the anthology On Immaturity (not yet published) by Alicja Pyszka-Franceschini
Photograph: Alicja Pyszka-Franceschini, Ambergate, The Birches, Derbyshire, UK