Rilke
Americannoun
noun
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Rilke described these memories as those having “turned to blood within us, to glance and gesture, nameless and no longer to be distinguished from ourselves.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
Mezzo soprano Sasha Cooke led off with “Immer Wieder” to a poem by Rilke.
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2025
The poet Rainer Maria Rilke once told a young writer that we shouldn’t try to eliminate uncertainty, but instead learn “to love the questions themselves.”
From Salon • Aug. 15, 2024
Shin cites capaciously, bringing in Herman Melville, Rainer Maria Rilke and Korean burial rites.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2022
It is a significant fact that Rilke dedicated this book to Gerhart Hauptmann, "in love and gratitude for his Michael Kramer."
From Poems by Rilke, Rainer Maria
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