A collection of 300 poems from writers around the world, selected and edited by Nobel laureate Czeslaw MiloszCzes aw Mi oszs A Book of Luminous Things his personal selection of poems from the past and present is a testament to the stunning varieties of human experience, offered up so that we may see the myriad ways that experience can be shared in words and images. Mi osz provides a preface to each of these poems, divided into thematic (and often beguiling) sections, such as Travel, History, and The Secret of a Thing, that make the reading as instructional as it is inspirational and remind us how powerfully poetry can touch our minds and hearts.