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Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke

	Ah, not to be cut off,
	As once the winged energy of delight
	Buddha in Glory
	Dove that ventured outside
	Duration of Childhood
	Gong
	I am, O Anxious One. Don't you hear my voice
	I believe in all that has never yet been spoken.
	I find you, Lord, in all Things and in all
	Mausoleum
	O Lacrimosa
	Rememberance
	Silent friend of many distances, feel
	Sunset
	The Man Watching
	To Music
	We are the driving ones.
	We say release, and radiance, and roses,
	What birds plunge through is not the intimate space
	You, you only, exist.
	The Second Elegy (from The Duino Elegies)
	Anticipating the Passion (from The Life of the Virgin Mary)

Recommended Books

	Ahead of All Parting: The Selected Poetry and Prose of Rainer Maria Rilke, Translated by Stephen Mitchell Amazon.com
	The Best of Rilke: 72 Form-True Verse Translations, Translated by Walter W. Arndt Amazon.com
	The Book of Hours: Prayers to a Lowly God, by Rainer Maria Rilke / Translated by Annemarie Kidder Amazon.com
	Duino Elegies, by Rainer Maria Rilke / Translated by David Young Amazon.com
	Engendering Inspiration: Visionary Strategies in Rilke, Lawrence, and H.D., by Helen Sword Amazon.com
	The Enlightened Heart: An Anthology of Sacred Poetry, by Stephen Mitchell Amazon.com
	The Essential Rilke, Edited by Galway Kinnel / Translated by Hannah Liebman Amazon.com
	Holy Fire: Nine Visionary Poets and the Quest for Enlightenment, Edited by Daniel Halpern Amazon.com
	In Praise of Mortality: Rilke's Duino Elegies & Sonnets to Orpheus, by Rainer Maria Rilke / Translated by Joanna Macy Amazon.com
	Letters to a Young Poet, by Rainer Maria Rilke / Translated by Stephen Mitchell Amazon.com
	New Poems, by Rainer Maria Rilke / Translated by Edward Snoe Amazon.com
	Pictures of God: Rilke's Religious Poetry, Including 'The Life of the Virgin Mary', by Rainer Maria Rilke / Translated by Annemarie S. Kidder Amazon.com
	Rainer Maria Rilke: Selected Poems, by Rainer Maria Rilke / Translated by Albert Ernest Flemming Amazon.com
	Rilke: A Life, by Wolfgang Leppmann / Translated by Russell M. Stockman Amazon.com
	Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God, by Rainer Maria Rilke / Translated by Joanna Macy Amazon.com
	Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke, Translated by Robert Bly Amazon.com

Related Links:

	The Rainer Maria Rilke Archive http://www.geocities.com/Paris/LeftBank/4027/ 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.

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