Poetic Wanderings in the Works of Robert Gawłowski

Abstract

The article analyzes the work of Robert Gawłowski, showing the motif of wandering as the central element of his poetry. The poet is presented as homo viator—a spiritual pilgrim who, through poems, undertakes a metaphysical journey between birth and death, searching for meaning, truth and the sacred. His lyrical hero, Peregrinus, is the universal figure of every human being who is looking for identity and a place in the universe. Gawłowski’s poetry grows out of Christian and Greek sources, and at the same time confronts the postmodern emptiness, leading the reader to a spiritual awakening through silence, silence and the symbolic Word. The author refers to the topic of nature, myth and archetype, showing man as a part of a larger whole – the Divine Breath. Gawłowski combines tradition with modernity, creating poetry that is deeply philosophical and universal.