Monday, October 30, 2017

From "Ars Poetica?" by Czeslaw Milosz



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In the very essence of poetry there is something indecent:   
a thing is brought forth which we didn’t know we had in us


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It’s hard to guess where that pride of poets comes from,   
when so often they’re put to shame by the disclosure of their frailty.   


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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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