Rainer Maria Rilke Germany (1875 - 1926) Timeline Secular or Eclectic Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke Books - Links |
Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke
- A Walk
- Ah, not to be cut off
- As once the winged energy of delight
- Be ahead of all parting, as if it had already happened
- Buddha in Glory
- Does Time, as it passes, really destroy?
- Dove that ventured outside
- Duration of Childhood
- For your sake poets sequester themselves
- Gong
- I am praying again, Awesome One
- I am, O Anxious One
- I believe in all that has never yet been spoken
- I find you, Lord, in all Things and in all
- I live my life in widening circles
- Mausoleum
- O Lacrimosa
- Rememberance
- Silent friend of many distances, feel
- Sunset
- The hour is striking so close above me
- The Man Watching
- Want the change
- We are the driving ones
- We say release, and radiance, and roses
- What birds plunge through is not the intimate space
- You who let yourselves feel: enter the breathing
- You, you only, exist
- The Second Elegy (from The Duino Elegies)
- Anticipating the Passion (from The Life of the Virgin Mary)
Recommended Books: Rainer Maria Rilke
Related Links
The Rainer Maria Rilke Archive
http://trmra.org/
A very good resource for Rilke poems and quotes.
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/rmrilke.htm
A good biographical overview.
Rainer Maria Rilke - Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer_Maria_Rilke
A good, brief overview of Rilke's life and work... and examples of how his writing has influenced later writers, artists, and filmmakers.