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Morgan’s Essay 051 – Poland: Wieliczka, the 800-Year Salt Mine


2025.10.26. Warsaw Tomasz Miernowski a meeting dedicated to Jadwiga Baranska and the film… — photo by Mariusz Kubik, accompanying poem "Morgan's Essay 051 - Poland: Wieliczka, the 800-Year Salt Mine"
Photo: Mariusz Kubik · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

One of the world's few ancient salt mines,
Descending over a hundred meters deep,
Spanning nearly a thousand years,
Breathtakingly wondrous in the dark.