Rainer Maria Rilke Poem by nick dunne
Rainer Maria Rilke
Our deepest fears are like dragons,
gaurding our deepest treasures.
Open your heart
the closed heart is never exposed to loss,
innocent and secure cannot know tenderness.
Only the won-back heart
can ever be satisfied.
Free through all it has given up
Free to rejoice in its mastery.
i don't know of rilke and i read all three of your poems. this is the only one i might understand at all. BUT i will say: they are INTERESTING....in a good way rather than bad i guess. and at least they aren't long, so i don't have to be puzzled through a long reading. thanks for sharing. i clicked on you as you were one of only two poets listed as being online...........though i know that was not true, as i am not listed as online.
lovely, simple, idiomatic elaboration of a strong idea. Sounds much like a successful translation of Rilke
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/25/2024 9:52:29 AM # 1.0.0.1119
a quintessential Rilke theme and a fine poem, to boot.