Tag Archives: Rainer Maria Rilke

A Song

Posted on April 8, 2014 by John

My ears already hear the morning lark. Listening far beyond my sight I have begun. So we absorb what we seem to not touch; it vibrates us, even from a distance – and fills us, even if we do not … Continue reading →

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Rilke

Posted on August 10, 2003 by John

Where did you find the most inspiration, as each line cut like a diamond-edged drill through layers of effluvia that still the seeking heart? Was it your frustration with a cold and unfeeling world, that sought to silence any expression … Continue reading →

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Sonnets of Osiris

Posted on December 13, 2002 by John

As winter extends its grip on the land, clutching with long alabaster fingers and leaving remnants of a leprous hand where its frigid probing touch still lingers, deep in the cold soil, where the dormant root, its life spark quiet … Continue reading →

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A Modern Erasmus

Posted on December 7, 2002 by John

When I have a little money, I do not buy food or other such trivialities. I buy books. – Erasmus Ah, as Lawrence Olivier might say in one of his Nazi- or vampire-hunting roles … “I haf enlarged ze library … Continue reading →

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