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Rilke is a trusted guide amid the bustle of our daily experience, reflecting on such themes as impermanence, the beauty of creation, the voice of god. I happened on joanna macy and anita barrows translation of rilkes book of. These fresh translations rendered by joanna macy, a mystic and spiritual teacher, and anita barrows, a skilled poet, capture rilke s spirit as no one has done. Rainer maria rilke was born in prague in 1875 and died in valmont, montreux, in 1926.
A year with rilke provides the first ever reading from rilke for every day of the year, including selections from his luminous poetry, his piercing prose, and his intimate letters and journals. Rilke influenced generations of writers with his letters to a young poet, and now rilke s book of hours tells us that our role in the world is to love it and thereby love god into being. A year with rilke is a sublime read in its entirety, as is macys in praise of mortality. Nov 17, 2009 a year with rilke provides the first ever reading from rilke for every day of the year, including selections from his luminous poetry, his piercing prose, and his intimate letters and journals. Daily readings from the best of rainer maria rilke by anita barrows, joanna macy pdf, epub ebook d0wnl0ad one of the most beloved poets of the twentieth century, rainer maria rilke is widely celebrated for his depth of insight and timeless relevance.
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