john guzlowski

john guzlowski
Location
Danville, Virginia, USA
Birthday
June 22
Bio
I was born in a refugee camp in Germany after World War II, and came with my Polish Catholic parents Jan and Tekla and my sister Donna to the United States as Displaced Persons in 1951. My parents had been slave laborers in Nazi Germany. Growing up in the immigrant and DP neighborhoods around Humboldt Park in Chicago, I met Jewish hardware store clerks with Auschwitz tattoos on their wrists, Polish cavalry officers who still mourned for their dead horses, and women who walked from Siberia to Iran to escape the Russians. I write about these people.

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May 20, 2012 03:32PM
“Nobody wants to take responsibility for the war but finally it's my war and yours. I am asking my senators and congressmen to stop it”
About: Give Peace a Chance--It's cheaper
April 18, 2012 04:38PM
“Thanks for telling me about visiting buchenwald. My dad was there, a prisoner. Yes silence and solitude help us discover such places for ourselves”
About: Holocaust Remembrance Day 2012
March 17, 2012 01:45AM
“good daughter, martha's book blue positive it terrific--lots of poems about pregnancy like i've never seen before.”
About: Little Office of the Immaculate Conception by Martha Silano
March 10, 2012 05:18PM
“Thanks, John. You sound like you have a good soul.”
About: Suzanne Strempek Shea: Award-winning author rooted in faith, Polish heritage, experience
February 12, 2012 10:33PM
“Daisy, yes, it's Walden Pond on a hot early September Saturday.”
About: Solitude
February 12, 2012 10:32PM
“Myriad, Yes, protohumans were social animals--their bones mix together forever around the fires that kept them safe and warm in those dark forests tha…”
About: Solitude
February 07, 2012 10:11AM
“Funny image. Thanks, alsoknowas.”
About: Who Would Jesus Vote For?
February 03, 2012 09:43PM
“Laura, thanks for the note. You are right. There is no end to war and its negative effects. I saw both of my parents suffer throughout their lives f…”
About: Wislawa Szymborska Died Today
February 02, 2012 08:32AM
“I've spent a life time planting trees and leaving them behind when I moved. I know someone is enjoying them.”
About: In remembrance and celebration of
February 02, 2012 08:30AM
“Sad poem--we grieve for what has been, our memories of what was. We live in yesterday until there are no tomorrows.”
About: Spring and Fall: To a Young Child
February 01, 2012 08:57PM
“Thanks for posting this. I heard a little bit about this when we were over sees last week, but nothing here in the states.”
About: Honour was the Theme in Mass Murder
January 29, 2012 06:42AM
“Thank you all for reading about my mom. I was out of the country and not online when this was made an editor's pick. An honor.”
About: The Day My Mother Died
January 15, 2012 12:30PM
“Thank you all for reading this. I love to talk about my mother and her life--the world she came into and left. It keeps her with me, the talking.”
About: The Day My Mother Died
January 06, 2012 09:39AM
“Thank you for the piece. Shall We Gather at the River is one of my favorite hymns along with Just a Closer Walk With Thee. I never thought about how…”
About: MEMORIAL DAY: THOSE WHO ARE FOREVER YOUNG
January 06, 2012 08:41AM
“thanks for taking a look. the video I mentioned above didn't appear in the post, but here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/u ser/bagnowka7#p/u/51/Eh… ”
About: Photographs by German Soldiers
January 04, 2012 07:25AM
“Good post--I doubt it will change anything. Christians like Tebow tend to be "look at me, look at me Christians." They want you and everybo…”
About: Tebow Needs To Stop Using God
January 04, 2012 07:25AM
“Good post--I doubt it will change anything. Christians like Tebow tend to be "look at me, look at me Christians." They want you and everybo…”
About: Tebow Needs To Stop Using God
January 04, 2012 07:25AM
“Good post--I doubt it will change anything. Christians like Tebow tend to be "look at me, look at me Christians." They want you and everybo…”
About: Tebow Needs To Stop Using God
January 04, 2012 07:19AM
“Thanks, WG, for reading my posts. Have a great new year.”
About: What We Sign Up For: Poems by Lisa Siedlarz
October 31, 2011 12:59PM
“And Gandhi. And Jesus. And Paul Simon (the musician and the politician). And Toni Morrison. And Marilyn Monroe. And Catherine of Sienna. And Fran…”
About: Ode to 7 Billion Human Beings
October 31, 2011 10:35AM
“Thanks, Nikki. What's the sound of 7 Billion people laughing?”
About: Ode to 7 Billion Human Beings
October 24, 2011 09:08PM
“Years ago, I wrote a poem about my only visit to Auschwitz. It's called Tourists in Auschwitz: Touri sts in Auschwitz It&rsq uo;s a gray drizzly day but…”
About: Tourist Season at Auschwitz by Mark Lewandowski
October 20, 2011 01:37PM
“Owl, thanks for reading the piece. I'll pass your comment on to Mark.”
About: Tourist Season at Auschwitz by Mark Lewandowski
October 10, 2011 10:37AM
“DearFriend, Thank you for commenting. You may be interested in Danusha Goska's own blog. http://biegansk i-the-blog.blogspot.com/ I also blog about Polis…”
About: Hollywood's War with Poland: 1939-1945
October 04, 2011 03:09PM
“I think I fixed it--thanks for letting me know, CD.”
About: Two Review: Contest
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