Czeslaw Milosz - Poems On The Underground

Some new Poems on the Underground are appearing on tube trains in London and one that caught my eye this morning was by the Polish poet, Czeslaw Milosz, which he translated into English with Robert Haas. It's called 'Blacksmith Shop' and finishes with the lines: "It seems I was called for this: To glorify things just because they are." That speaks volumes. Here it is:


I've blogged before about the Poems on the Underground series when poems have caught my attention and I hope to do so again. Nice one Czeslaw!