"Tanzt die Orange" "Dance the Orange" "Sonnets to Orpheus" Part 1, Sonnet 15 by Rainer Maria Rilke...

“We are the bees of the invisible. We frantically plunder the visible of its honey, to accumulate it in the great golden hive of the invisible.” — Rilke
The local Section group in Fair Oaks has given much attention to the poetry of Rilke. But we do this as artists rather than as scholars, primarily.
“The Myth of Orpheus” by Marc Chagall
"Tanzt die Orange" "Dance the Orange" "Sonnets to Orpheus" Part 1, Sonnet 15 by Rainer Maria Rilke...
"Fog on the Elbe" / photo by Bruce Donehower “Forget” / A Moon Poem by Rainer Maria Rilke ...
"Dale" Photo by Bruce Donehower A Sonnet for a Dog “Du, mein Freund, bist einsam” “You, my friend, are lonely....
The Tower of Muzot, where Rilke completed the Duino Elegies and wrote the Sonnets to Orpheus in 1922 An Essay on the...
“Claude, two years old, and his hobby horse,” by Pablo Picasso "Dir aber, Herr, o was weih ich dir . . ." O...
"Breathe!" artwork by Marion Donehower From Sonnets to Orpheus by Rainer Maria Rilke / Atmen, du unsichtbares...
“The Blue Nymph” by Marc Chagall Two sonnets are featured in this performance video. (Part 1, No 8 and...