14 February 2009 | Vol. 8, No. 4
Again and again, however we know the landscape of love
Again and again, however we know the landscape of love
and the little churchyard there, with its sorrowing names,
and the frighteningly silent abyss into which the others
fall: again and again the two of us walk out together
under the ancient trees, lie down again and again
among the flowers, face to face with the sky.
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About the author:
1875-1926. Admired by his contemporary poets, but not well-known among the general public until after his death, Rainer Maria Rilke is now considered one of the greatest poets of the 20th century. He is especially famous for the nonfiction Letters to a Young Poet, for The Duino Elegies, and for the oft-anthologized poem, "The Archaic Torso of Apollo."
For further reading:
See the complete list of work by Rainer Maria Rilke at 42opus. Browse the contents of 42opus Vol. 8, No. 4, where "Again and again, however we know the landscape of love" ran on February 14, 2009. List other work with these same labels: poetry, classic, translation.
