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linapavlova.bsky.social
“Not that I want to be a god or a hero. Just to change into a tree, grow for ages, not hurt anyone"

Czesław Miłosz

#photography #myphotography #ontheroad #thetrees #czeslawmilosz #dusk
January 8, 2026 at 6:22 AM
linapavlova.bsky.social
“Not that I want to be a god or a hero. Just to change into a tree, grow for ages, not hurt anyone"

#photography #lforlimbo #poetry #czesławmiłosz #ontheroad #thetrees
June 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
avniodabasi.bsky.social
"Şiir, dünyayı değiştirmez belki. Ama insanın dünyada nasıl durması gerektiğini öğretir."
#CzesławMiłosz

Polonya'lı şair ve deneme yazarının aramızdan ayrılışının 22. yılında saygıyla..
August 14, 2026 at 8:29 PM
agniesz.bsky.social
W mojej ojczyźnie, do której nie wrócę,
Jest takie leśne jezioro ogromne,
Chmury szerokie, rozdarte, cudowne
Pamiętam, kiedy wzrok za siebie rzucę...

Pochylam się i widzę tam na dnie
Blask mego życia...

Czesław Miłosz, W mojej ojczyźnie
died on this day, 2004

#BookSky
#CzesławMiłosz
August 14, 2026 at 4:16 AM
agniesz.bsky.social
Nie jesteś jednak tak bezwolny,
A choćbyś był jak kamień polny,
Lawina bieg od tego zmienia,
Po jakich toczy się kamieniach.
I, jak zwykł mawiać już ktoś inny,
Możesz, więc wpłyń na bieg lawiny...

- Czesław Miłosz, Traktat moralny
born on this day, 1911

#BookSky
#CzesławMiłosz
June 30, 2026 at 4:12 AM
djp1974.bsky.social
In the very essence of #poetry there is something indecent: a thing is brought forth which we didn’t know we had in us.

- #CzesławMiłosz
September 16, 2026 at 7:49 PM
mcco12.bsky.social
I’ve been looking forward to this book’s arrival at my door for weeks. First 10 pages don’t disappoint #booksky #czeslawmilosz
April 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
catsbearsandme.bsky.social
#Poetry
#BlueskyPoetry
#CzeslawMilosz

Encounter by Czeslaw Milosz
We were riding through frozen fields in a wagon at dawn. A red wing rose in the darkness. And suddenly a hare ran across the road. One of us pointed to it with his hand. That was long ago. Today neither of them is alive, Not the hare, nor the man who made the gesture. O my love, where are they, where are they going The flash of a hand, streak of movement, rustle of pebbles. I ask not out of sorrow, but in wonder.
September 24, 2026 at 5:22 PM
religion-ecology.bsky.social
Czeslaw Miłosz saw poetry as prophecy.
A spiritual force, not just a form.
What are your words bringing into being?

#CzeslawMilosz #WitnessOfPoetry #PoeticProphecy #EcoSpirituality #LECProject
May 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
djp1974.bsky.social
When a writer is born into a family, the family is finished.

- #CzeslawMilosz
September 23, 2026 at 9:41 AM
agniesz.bsky.social
Nie myśl człowieku, jakie mogłoby być twoje życie, bo inne byłoby nie twoje.

30.06.1911 ur. się Czesław Miłosz, pisarz i poeta, tłumacz i krytyk lit., dyplomata, laureat n. Nobla: Traktat moralny, Traktat poetycki, Dolina Issy, Zniewolony umysł in.
#BornOnThisDay
#CzesławMiłosz
#BookSky
June 30, 2025 at 3:23 AM
billherbert.bsky.social
Striking, resonant poem - and a brilliant instance of the 13 line near-sonnet.

I think this is translated by Richard Lourie, though the Poetry Foundation site and indeed the publisher (as far as I can tell) don't seem to mention this.

Can you confirm, @johnglenday.bsky.social?

#CzesławMiłosz
johnglenday.bsky.social John Glenday @johnglenday.bsky.social · Jan 9
‘You Who Wronged’ by Czesław Milosz. For some reason or other this poem came to mind this morning. Written in a time of tyrants:
#Poetry
January 9, 2026 at 4:09 PM
rickehling.bsky.social
For #SmallPoemSunday and @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
more by #czeslawmilosz #AtaCertainAge
#poetry maybe a bit big in all the ways?

“We wanted to confess our sins but there were no takers
White clouds refused to accept them…”
At a Certain Age By Czeslaw Milosz We wanted to confess our sins but there were no takers. White clouds refused to accept them, and the wind Was too busy visiting sea after sea. We did not succeed in interesting the animals. Dogs, disappointed, expected an order, A cat, as always immoral, was falling asleep. A person seemingly very close Did not care to hear of things long past. Conversations with friends over vodka or coffee Ought not be prolonged beyond the first sign of boredom. It would be humiliating to pay by the hour A man with a diploma, just for listening. Churches. Perhaps churches. But to confess there what? That we used to see ourselves as handsome and noble Yet later in our place an ugly toad Half-opens its thick eyelid And one sees clearly: "That's me."
August 9, 2026 at 12:50 PM
djp1974.bsky.social
The purpose of poetry is to remind us how difficult it is to remain just one person.

- #CzeslawMilosz
October 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
agniesz.bsky.social
Nie jesteś jednak tak bezwolny,
A choćbyś był jak kamień polny,
Lawina bieg od tego zmienia,
Po jakich toczy się kamieniach.
I, jak zwykł mawiać już ktoś inny,
Możesz, więc wpłyń na bieg lawiny.

14.08.2004 zmarł Czesław Miłosz.

#BookSky
#CzesławMiłosz
August 14, 2025 at 4:11 AM
hadideeb.bsky.social
"Who can consent to see in the mirror the mere face of man?"
-- Czesław Miłosz

#CzesławMiłosz #Miłosz #Warszawa #Polska #love #life #death #poems #books #literature #mirror #mankind #consent #MCEscher
June 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
joergscheller.bsky.social
"My own decision proceeded, not from the functioning of the reasoning mind, but from a revolt of the stomach."

#CzesławMiłosz, The Captive Mind
wtftien.eurosky.social Tien @wtftien.eurosky.social · Jan 6
I thought I knew, but then I felt physically surprised.
January 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
rickehling.bsky.social
For #SmallPoemSunday and @tomsnarsky.bsky.social

#account by #czeslawmilosz #poetry

“For one thing it’s late. And the truth is laborious.”
Account By Czeslaw Milosz The history of my stupidity would fill many volumes. Some would be devoted to acting against consciousness, Like the flight of a moth which, had it known, Would have tended nevertheless toward the candle's flame. Others would deal with ways to silence anxiety, The little whisper which, thought it is a warning, is ignored. I would deal separately with satisfaction and pride, The time when I was among their adherents Who strut victoriously, unsuspecting. But all of them would have one subject, desire, If only my own -- but no, not at all; alas, I was driven because I wanted to be like others. I was afraid of what was wild and indecent in me. The history of my stupidity will not be written. For one thing, it's late. And the truth is laborious. Berkeley, 1980.
July 26, 2026 at 11:16 AM
otrebordm.bsky.social
El hombre no debe
amar la luna
El hacha en su mano
no tiene que perder su peso
Sus huertas deben oler a manzanas pudriéndose...
Czesław Miłosz 🎂🇵🇱
nace #30Junio de 1911
Nobel de Literatura en 1980
#FelizLunes
#CzesławMiłosz
#VocesUniversales
#OtrebordmXCultura
June 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
mcco12.bsky.social
mid-week audio poetry break: Campo dei Fiori by Czeslaw Milosz, read by Amanda Holmes | shows.acast.com/8439a67e-fc8...

#booksky #czeslawmilosz #audiopoetry
“Campo dei Fiori” by Czesław Miłosz | Read Me a Poem
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April 9, 2025 at 11:58 AM
princetonupress.bsky.social
Explore a compelling personal introduction to the life and work of Nobel Prize–winning writer Czesław Miłosz (born #OTD in 1911) from his fellow Polish exile and acclaimed writer Eva Hoffman.

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On Czeslaw Milosz: Visions from the Other Europe by Eva Hoffman
June 30, 2026 at 7:18 PM
stbrigidpress.bsky.social
Giving myself wide latitude this morning for poetry and lemon cookies washed down with coffee and woodstove warmth.

#poetry #milosz #czeslawmilosz #writingcommunity
Book jacket: CZESLAW MILOSZ SELECTED AND LAST POEMS 1931-2004 WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SEAMUS HEANEY With a coffee cup upon which rests a lemon cookie.
December 25, 2024 at 3:29 PM
nathanfrancis79.bsky.social
"The voice of passion is better than the voice of reason. The passionless cannot change #history."

✒ #CzesławMiłosz, Polish-born American novelist, essayist, poet and Nobel Laureate 1980, #DOTD 14 August 2004. #Poetry #Litetature
August 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
djp1974.bsky.social
Even asleep we partake in the becoming of the world.

- #CzeslawMilosz, ‘A Magic Mountain’
October 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
djp1974.bsky.social
When two people walk far enough into the distance they merge.

- #CzeslawMilosz
November 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM