Who is Czeslaw Milosz
Czesław MiłoszCzesław Miłosz, 1999Born(1911-06-30)30 June 1911Szetejnie, Kovno Governorate, Russian EmpireDied14 August 2004(2004-08-14) (aged 93)
Kraków, PolandOccupationPoet, prose writer, essayistNationality
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Czeslaw Milosz Poems
- An Hour
Leaves glowing in the sun, zealous hum of bumblebees,
From afar, from somewhere beyond the river, echoes of lingering voices
And the unhurried sounds of a hammer gave joy not only to me.
Before the five senses were opened, and earlier than any beginning ... - Dedication
You whom I could not save
Listen to me.
Try to understand this simple speech as I would be ashamed of another.
I swear, there is in me no wizardry of words. ... - Not Mine
All my life to pretend this world of theirs is mine
And to know such pretending is disgraceful.
But what can I do? Suppose I suddenly screamed
And started to prophesy. No one would hear me. ... - Conversation With Jeanne
Let us not talk philosophy, drop it, Jeanne.
So many words, so much paper, who can stand it.
I told you the truth about my distancing myself.
I've stopped worrying about my misshapen life. ... - Sarajevo
Now that a revolution really is needed, those who were fervent are quite cool.
While a country murdered and raped calls for help from the Europe which it had trusted, they yawn.
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Comments about Czeslaw Milosz
- Gladwinemmanuel: one more moment, together, here on earth, to celebrate our little my-ness. --czeslaw milosz, my-ness
- Gladwinemmanuel: do not die out, fire. enter my dreams, love. be young forever, seasons of the earth. --czeslaw milosz, winter.
- Paisleyrekdal: a poem i keep on posting, because we keep on killing ourselves and each other:
- Elizamondegreen: "unfortunately the eye is used in the appreciation of a painting, and the most learned discourse cannot transform an ugly canvas into a great work of art -- which is obviously to be deplored!" czeslaw milosz, the captive mind
- Dheissler: “lmagine a world without radio, without television, and without film. that was my childhood in a provincial part of europe. at that time, the impact of books was much greater than it is now, and i profited from the library of my grandfather[...].”—czeslaw milosz.
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Jonathan Hirschfeld: I felt I had been invited to look, even to scrutinise, but perhaps not to see.
Against Oblivion - PN Review 257, Volume 47 Number 3, January - February 2021.
