Wieslaw Musialowski was born on June 20,1948 in Niemodlin. For the first six years of his life he was raised mainly by his grandmother, Emilia Musialowska, née Szczepanska. Three poems have been dedicated to her and to the poet’s recollections of those years: FOR EMILY SZ., EPITAPH and EMILLIA SZ—’S EMBROIDERY. Emilia Musialowska came from Kamieniec Podolski. She always used the “wy” form (plural “you” in Polish) when addressing others, which was an expression of respect. This mode of speaking (no longer current in the Polish language, as it has been replaced by...