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
- Ngruen1: the inner command that forces him to this effort is, at the core, irrational. by refusing to recognize disinterested art, the new faith destroys this inner command. czesław miłosz, the captive mind . 2/2
- Ngruen1: "i was rather sad to see every stupidity i had experienced before being re-enacted.” polish poet czeslaw milosz having defected to the west on witnessing the student radicals at berkley in 1968
- Jh_swanson: “i am composed of contradictions, which is why poetry is a better form for me than philosophy.” - czeslaw milosz
- Malatafirom: i was a stranger in this land, but i no longer minded. “help me create ever-enduring love,” the great polish poet czesław miłosz wrote, “from my persistent dissonance with the world.”
- Win_reel: quotes: "all turned to heartbeat..." eimear mcbride "...i look without fear..." 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.
