The first poems by Zbigniew Herbert were published in "Dziś i jutro" (#37, 1950). Poems entitled: "Napis" ("Inscription"), "Pożegnanie września" and "Złoty środek" were printed however, without the permission of the author. The real debut occurred at the end of the same year with the publishing of the poem without the title ("Palce wrzeciona dźwięków…") in "Tygodnik Powszechny" (#51). Until 1955 the poet published some of his works in that newspaper; however, kept out of the literary environment. Not having a chance for his own volume of poems, he decided to publish 22 poems in the anthology of modern catholic poetry "…każdej chwili wybierać muszę…" (Warsaw, 1954).