“Singing Poems” from Kabaret Kici Koci in an Authorial Performance by Miron Białoszewski

Abstract

The text is part of a doctoral dissertation which is being written on the subject of auditory perspective in the works of Miron Bialoszewski. On the example of selected poems from the series titled Kabaret Kici Koci, the author attempts to answer the question of how the issue of the poet’s voice interpretation of his works (the recordings were made for home use and are available in the Audio Department of the Adam Mickiewicz Museum of Literature in Warsaw) affects the reception of recorded poems. Not without significance for the interpretation is also the fact of the author’s performance of poems not chosen by Białoszewski for the volumes titled Rozkurz czy „OHO” i inne wiersze (were only included in 2017 in a collection titled Świat można jeść w każdym miejscu) or Piosenka placu do tańca, which was never written down by the author. The work refers to the concept of “loud” or “spoken” poetry, realised through voice, which – in Białoszewski’s opinion – was the only way to achieve its “full being”.