In this essay, the author analyzes the essayistic and literary criticism of an outstanding contemporary poet, Piotr Matywiecki. For this poet, the interpretation of poems is a mission and a vocation, work that creates a poetic community. In reading, he emphasizes the metaphysical background of poetic works and the awareness of ethical values established by them. In his analysis of poems, he begins with admiration and ends with a broad philosophical perspective into which he writes the discussed poetry. In this approach, the poem becomes an independent entity that draws the reader into a conversation, reorganizing the order of the known world. Intuition, voice setting and posture begin the process of reading, while erudition as the ability to evoke resonant sources deepens and expands it.