Unde Malum

Portrait of Czeslaw Milosz
Czeslaw Milosz 1911–2004

Where does evil come from? It comes from man always from man only from man - Tadeusz Rozewicz Alas, dear Tadeusz, good nature and wicked man are romantic inventions you show us this way the depth of your optimism so let man exterminate his own species the innocent sunrise will illuminate a liberated flora and fauna where oak forests reclaim the postindustrial wasteland and the blood of a deer torn asunder by a pack of wolves is not seen by anyone a hawk falls upon a hare without witness evil disappears from the world and consciousness with it Of course, dear Tadeusz, evil (and good) comes from man.

Keep reading

Discover more of Czeslaw Milosz’s poetry.

Explore all poems

Readers

Reader discussion

Your turn

Shown with your comment.

Never published. Only so we can reach you.

Comments are read before they appear. See our terms.