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Prayers of a Young Poet

Prayers of a Young Poet

Burrows, Mark S.
Rilke, Rainer Maria

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General Poetry

ISBN10: 1612616410
ISBN13: 9781612616414
Publisher: Paraclete Pr
Published: Jun 1 2016
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.56 Depth: 8.25
Language: English
This volume marks the first translation of these prayer-poems into English. Originally written in 1899, Rilke wrote them upon returning to Germany from his first trip to Russia. His experience of the East shaped him profoundly. He found himself entranced by Orthodox churches and monasteries, above all by the icons that seemed to him like flames glowing in dark spaces. He intended these poems as icons of sorts, gestures that could illumine a way for seekers in the darkness. As Rilke here writes, I love the dark hours of my being, for they deepen my senses. Translated by Mark S. Burrows.

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