At Java Central today, another customer had Rilke's "Duino Elegies" with him. I said, "Hey, tomorrow is the 150th anniversary of Rilke's birth!" Influential Austrian poet and novelist Rainer Maria Rilke was born December 4, 1875! I like his "Book of Hours".
I live my life in widening circles
that reach out across the world.
I may not complete this last one
but I will give myself to it.
I circle around God, around the primordial tower.
I’ve been circling for thousands of years
and I still don’t know: am I a falcon,
a storm, or a great song?
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