Reza's review
The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke
by Rainer Maria Rilke, Stephen Mitchell, Robert Hass
Reza's review
The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke by Rainer Maria Rilke, Stephen Mitchell, Robert Hass
Reza's review
rating:
bookshelves:
poetry,
read-in-2007
recommended for: poetry lovers
Poetry is definitely not my forte, however I loved, loved, LOVED the work of Rainer Maria Rilke. Some favorites include: Imaginary Career, Lament, The First and Third Elegy.
Imaginary Career~
At first a childhood, limitless and free
of any goals. Ah sweet unconsciousness.
Then sudden terror, schoolrooms, slavery,
the plunge into temptation and deep loss.
Defiance. The child bent becomes the bender,
inflicts on others what he once went through.
Loved, feared, rescuer, wrestler, victor,
he takes his vengeance, blow by blow.
And now in vast , cold, empty space, alone.
Yet hidden deep within the grown-up heart,
a longing for the first world, the ancient one...
Then, from His place of ambush, God leapt out.
--Rainer Maria Rilke
Imaginary Career~
At first a childhood, limitless and free
of any goals. Ah sweet unconsciousness.
Then sudden terror, schoolrooms, slavery,
the plunge into temptation and deep loss.
Defiance. The child bent becomes the bender,
inflicts on others what he once went through.
Loved, feared, rescuer, wrestler, victor,
he takes his vengeance, blow by blow.
And now in vast , cold, empty space, alone.
Yet hidden deep within the grown-up heart,
a longing for the first world, the ancient one...
Then, from His place of ambush, God leapt out.
--Rainer Maria Rilke
