Mutually Said: Poets Vegan Anarchist Pacifist

A blog shared between poets John Kinsella and Tracy Ryan: vegan, anarchist, pacifist and feminist.

Showing posts with label Rainer Maria Rilke. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rainer Maria Rilke. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Rilke and Unicorns (3rd instalment)

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Tim this morning reminded me of Paul Muldoon's brilliant translation (in his book  Hay ) of the Rilke unicorn sonnet I posted about last...
Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Rilke, Ladies and Unicorns: La Dame à la licorne

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I've said it before : Rilke in translation is often misrepresented. And with the advent of the so-called "inescapable unicorn trend...
Monday, May 30, 2016

Rilke on Music and Breath

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By Tracy John likes to have music playing in the background when he writes; I can't. I have to have silence. We've both often w...
Friday, May 27, 2016

Rilke — Lullaby

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By Tracy So many Rilke poems when translated into English become more sugary or saccharine than they are in Rilke's German. Frequently...
Friday, April 8, 2016

Du im Voraus -- Rilke translation

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By Tracy This poem is already well-known in English translation, so I am adding my version to the many. It reminds me in some ways of ...
Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Rilke writing loving in a "female" voice

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By Tracy Rilke wrote more than one poem about loving from the imagined point of view of a woman. Two of these poems bear the same title,...
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