Nowhere, beloved, will world be, but within. Show it, while even the most visible of joysĬan only display itself to us when we have changed it, from within. Veins filled with being.īut we forget so easily what our laughing neighbour Measurable by time’s measure, between two moments, where you So much as an hour, one that was scarcely Streets of the cities, festering, or openįor refuse. You who seemed dispensable, sunken – you, in the worst This poem was recently read by our Operational Management Group in one of their fortnightly meetings: perhaps it will provide some deep thought and inspiration for your Monday morning?īeing here is the wonder. Merwin and John Ashbery, as well as philosophers. Rilke's work has been termed 'deeply mystical', influencing readers to aim towards a more peaceful and less anxious life, and The Duino Elegies, from which this extract is taken, is considered to be a significant influence on poets such as Robert Bly, W.S. This week's Featured Poem comes from Bohemian-Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke, regarded as one of the German's language's greatest poets of the 20th century.
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