Below are 100 selected poems by Rainer Maria Rilke. All poems in English are copyrighted by the translator.

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Rilke's poems also feature figures of angels, famously described in the Duino Elegies as "terrifying" (schrecklich); he also occasionally explored the crisis of his Catholic faith, including …

2010年9月16日 · “Go to the Limits of Your Longing” from Rilke’s Book of Hours: Love Poems to God. Translation by Joanna Macy and Anita Barrows, reprinted with permission.

2016年10月4日 · Poetry is reality's essence visioned and made manifest by one endowed with a perception acutely sensitive to sound, form, and colour, and gifted with a power to shape into …

2012年1月17日 · "Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke" is a collection of poetry translated by Jessie Lamont, published in the early 20th century. This work encapsulates Rilke's exploration of …

Reading your words, I was set to thinking about what it meant to me and smiled. When I gaze up at the white ceiling, I am contemplating journeys...meditation and find a whole new world …

Two prose works received much acclaim: Letters to a Young Poet and the semi-autobiographical Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge. Although travelling extensively in Europe his favourite …

Read the translator's notes on this poem. After the summer's yield, Lord, it is time to let your shadow lengthen on the sundials and in the pastures let the rough winds fly. As for the final…