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Rilke Project
“Sonnets to Orpheus” 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
“You, my friend, are lonely” / Sonnets to Orpheus
"Dale" Photo by Bruce Donehower A Sonnet for a Dog “Du, mein Freund, bist einsam” “You, my friend, are lonely....
“Hearing Rilke” / Essay
The Tower of Muzot, where Rilke completed the Duino Elegies and wrote the Sonnets to Orpheus in 1922 An Essay on the...
“Spring has returned!” / Sonnets to Orpheus
“Wildly Dancing Children” by Emil Nolde "Frühling ist wiedergekommen" "Spring has returned!" Sonnets to Orpheus...
“O! What can I dedicate to you, O Lord? Speak!” / Sonnets to Orpheus
“Claude, two years old, and his hobby horse,” by Pablo Picasso "Dir aber, Herr, o was weih ich dir . . ." O...
“Breath! You invisible poem!” / Sonnets to Orpheus
"Breathe!" artwork by Marion Donehower From Sonnets to Orpheus by Rainer Maria Rilke / Atmen, du unsichtbares...
“Only in the Realm of Praising” / Sonnets to Orpheus
“The Blue Nymph” by Marc Chagall Two sonnets are featured in this performance video. (Part 1, No 8 and...