“Evil grows and bears fruit, which is understandable, because it has logic and probability on its side and also, of course, strength. The resistance of tiny kernels of good, to which no one grants the power of causing far-reaching consequences, is entirely mysterious, however. Such seeming nothingness not only lasts but contains within itself enormous energy which is revealed gradually.”
Tags: Czeslaw Milosz
July 1st, 2014 at 1:07 am
We all wish that he could live more than 100 years. Best poem for me was “Zniewolony umysl” which he wrote in 1953.
July 2nd, 2014 at 9:34 am
I wish he could, too. “The Captive Mind,” however, is a book, not poem!
July 7th, 2014 at 12:57 pm
I hope many birds have visited your resting place called only by the food of your poetry.
August 17th, 2014 at 11:08 pm
@Cynthia you have right, “The Captive Ming” is a book, Robert was wrong.
October 29th, 2016 at 4:10 pm
One of the best Polish emigre poet. “Thus both – the Earth seen from above in an eternal now and the Earth that endures in a recovered time – may serve as material for poetry.”