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Rilke's Book of Hours:

Love Poems to God
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Riverhead Books, 1996 - Poetry - 166 pages

At the beginning of this century, a young German poet returned from a journey to Russia, where he had immersed himself in the spirituality he discovered there. He "received" a series of poems about which he did not speak for a long time - he considered them sacred, and different from anything else he ever had done and ever would do again. This poet saw the coming darkness of the century, and saw the struggle we would have in our relationship to the divine. The poet was Rainer Maria Rilke, and these love poems to God make up his Book of Hours.

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Review: Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God

User Review  - EunSung - Goodreads

I am a fan of Joanna Macy, so this review is a little biased. I love this translation, and I find it much more accessible than other translations of Rilke's Book of Hours. My favorite line is "I live ... Read full review

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User Review  - Christopher Heimarck - Goodreads

rainer maria rilke is the poet's poet. he has a lot to say about God as more like a network or complex matrix of life rather than as an aged king with a crown. he also identifies the rot in modern ... Read full review

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About the author (1996)

More than any other modern German writer, Rainer Maria Rilke seems to match our romantic idea of what a poet should be, though, as with many writers, separating artistry from affectation is often difficult. Restless, sensitive, reverent, yet egotistical, Rilke often seems to hover in his poems like a sort of ethereal being. He was born in 1875 to a wealthy family in Prague. After a few years devoted to the study of art and literature, he spent most of his adult life wandering among the European capitals and devoting himself single-mindedly to poetry. His early poems reflect his interest in the visual and plastic arts, as he tries to lose himself in contemplation of objects such as an antique torso of Apollo.His later books of poetry, such as Duino Elegies (1923) and Sonnets to Orpheus (1923), on the contrary, focus intently on internal realms. The poetry of Rilke is noted, above all, for metaphysical and psychological nuances.

Anita Barrows, a prizewinning poet and clinical psychologist, is the author of four books of her own poetry and the recipient of an NEA grant as well as the "Quarterly Review of Literature's" Contemporary Poetry Award. She has been a professional translator for more than thirty years.

Macy is an internationally renowned activist, speaker and teacher on Buddhist philosophy, systems theory and deep ecology.

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