He returns years later, has no demands. He wants only one, most precious thing: To see, purely and simply, without name, Without expectations, fears, or hopes, At the edge where there is no I or not-I.
CZESLAW MILOSZEven if that is so, there will remain A word wakened by lips that perish, A tireless messenger who runs and runs Through interstellar fields, through the revolving galaxies, And calls out, protests, screams.
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Poetry is news brought to the mountains by a unicorn and an echo.
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Not that I want to be a god or a hero. Just to change into a tree, grow for ages, not hurt anyone.
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I have defined poetry as a ‘passionate pursuit of the Real.
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Forget the suffering You caused others. Forget the suffering Others caused you. The waters run and run, Springs sparkle and are done, You walk the earth you are forgetting.
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The purpose of poetry is to remind us how difficult it is to remain just one person, for our house is open, there are no keys in the doors, and invisible guests come in and out at will.
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The child who dwells inside us trusts that there are wise men somewhere who know the truth.
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The voice of passion is better than the voice of reason. The passionless cannot change history.
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A weak human mercy walks in the corridors of hospitals and is like a half-thawed winter.
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The purpose of poetry is to remind us / how difficult it is to remain just one person.
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Do not feel safe. The poet remembers. You can kill one, but another is born. The words are written down, the deed, the date.
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From life, from the apple cut by the flaming knife, what grain will be saved? My son, believe me, nothing remains, Only adult toil, the furrow of fate in the palm. Only toil, Nothing more.
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All of us yearn for the highest wisdom, but we have to rely on ourselves in the end.
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I knew that I would speak in the language of the vanquished No more durable than old customs, family rituals, Christmas tinsel, and once a year the hilarity of carols.
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Love means to look at yourself The way one looks at distant things For you are only one thing among many.
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Consciousness even in my sleep changes primary colors. The features of my face melt like a wax doll in the fire. And who can consent to see in the mirror the mere face of man?
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