Poetry Quote by Czeslaw Milosz — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“I have defined poetry as a 'passionate pursuit of the Real.”

“The purpose of poetry is to remind us”

“Not soon, as late as the approach of my ninetieth year, I felt a door opening in me and I entered the clarity of early morning.”

“It is sweet to think I was a companion in an expedition that never ends”

“In the very essence of poetry there is something indecent; A thing brought forth that we didn't know we had in us, So we blink our eyes, as if a tiger had sprung out And stood in the light, licking its tail.”

“My head is full of fire”

“You will always be the bread and the knife, not to mention the crystal goblet and—somehow—the wine.”

“When Hitler marched”

“I just need you and some sunsets.”

“IMPROVIDENCE”

“His head propped on a stack of poetry books he’d brought from the library. Almost all of them had been inscribed on the inside cover by a James Herondale, who had neatly written out his favorite lines.”