"If your everyday life seems poor, don't blame it; blame yourself; admit to yourself that you are not enough of a poet to call forth its riches"
-- Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters To A Young Poet, Letter 1
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"If your everyday life seems poor, don't blame it; blame yourself; admit to yourself that you are not enough of a poet to call forth its riches"
-- Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters To A Young Poet, Letter 1
6 comments:
Beautiful line. Thanks for sharing unawoken. Bookmarked the letter for later.
~ps-ps-i
Thanks ps-ps-i. I really liked the line
Third paragraph onwards are great words of advice. Like he said, this guidance can be applied to not just poetry, but pretty much any path one wants to take in life.
Look forward to reading the rest of the letters.
Tiny Seal,
I agree. I read the original line itself as a generic piece of advice.
In yet another way of seeing it, we are all poets, and our poetry is as rich as we allow ourselves to see.
Thanks Unawoken. I find your posts very interesting and thought provoking. Whether it's your own writing or these gems you dig out from god knows where, I'm glad you share them on this blog.
Thanks Justuju! I am glad you enjoy my posts!
Over here, of course, Rilke takes the cake, I just get a piece of the frosting :)
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