Poland Tag

Liminal border situation On the border between Poland and Belarus, the Forest has become the subject of a humanitarian crisis. An artist’s report, based on meetings with activists and refugees, charts this contested space. Poetry honours those lost in transit. I recall my visits to Podlasie, a region on the Polish border with Belarus – the border which divides extraordinary, primeval Puszcza Białowieska, the oldest Central European Forest, in half. I first visited the Forest at the age of ten. There was an oak tree in front of the houseRead More