GEMBIK, Taras
The Infinite Now

In The Infinite Now, Taras Gembik crafts an intimate meditation on solitude, faith, and the search for meaning, ten years in the making. Moving between Ukraine and Poland, these 25 poems trace a decade-long journey of self-discovery.

Through stark winter evenings and quiet conversations, Gembik’s verses explore ancient and universal questions of existence and identity: the nature of God, the comfort of walls and communion with others, the circular path of memory. The collection transforms everyday moments into profound reflections on love, displacement, how to build community, and the possibility of finding home in transience.

[publishers’ note]

Foreword by Natalia Sielewicz; illustrations by Kateryna Aliinyk and Nikita Kadan.
Translated from the Polish by George Hyde and Małgorzata Sady.

Published by HELA Press, 2025
Design by Teo Schifferli
Poetry