Poetry can inspire us to act in the face of uncertainty, because not to act is to become part of the problem. Czeslaw Milosz in "Dedication"writes, “What is poetry which does not save Nations or ...

Resentment of US involvement, mind seduction, accepting totalitarian terror, illusory certainty — say we’ve learnt nothing ...

In an interview, Brooks observed that the 20 year gap between his first and second poetry collections was due to the influence of Czeslaw Milosz, who made him reflect on how “to situate my ...