"The startling juxtaposition of sensual and brutal histories, of human and animal flesh, of the experience of war and of writing is Rzewicz's great achievement throughout twenty volumes of poetry."-Guardian From the earliest days of his poetic career, Tadeusz Rzewicz found a unique, pared-down style that consciously avoided metaphor and sought a new, painfully clear voice in which to express the horrors of wartime experiences. His work was immediately recognized as new and vital in Polish poetry, and he came to be regarded as one of the most important writers of his generation. New Poems is a collection of Rzewicz's three latest volumes in their entirety: exit (1998), the professor's knife (2001), and gray zone (2002).