Hope
2/2
Some people say that we should not trust our eyes,
That there is nothing, just a seeming,
There are the ones who have no hope.
They think the moment we turn away,
The world, behind our backs, ceases to exist,
As if snatched up by the hand of thieves.

allpoetry.com/poem/14328768-Hope-by-Czeslaw-Milosz

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.....And today I received my copy of Czesław Miłosz's ABC's

The box it came in, from Glands of Destiny First Edition Books came with a note of appreciation from proprietor...and a stamped message about assault weapons.

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#MiloszABC #Milosz #Miłosz #CzesławMiłosz #CzeslawMilosz

2.5/7

...He also writes of real, historical figures like Camus who were particularly influential during his formative years, and of broader topics such as "The City," "Unhappiness," and "Money." Another fascinating entry in Milosz's bold opus, Milosz's ABCs is an engaging tribute to a brilliant mind."

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#MiłoszABC #HypertextNovel #teamRhetoric
3/n

The tomb of Nobel Prize poet Czesław Miłosz of Lithuania/Poland, in Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel (Bazylika św. Michała Archanioła i św. Stanisława w Krakowie)

"a tendency to make fun of all power... enables [Poles] to dissolve every political system from the inside"- Miłosz in Native Realm

Bene quiescas
Sleep well

a dbalość o naukę jest miłość
And the concern for learning is love

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/czeslaw-milosz
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