Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926)

"Si bien la relación de la lírica con el entorno natural celebra siglos y siglos de existencia, la poesía que piensa específicamente la animalidad -el ser animal- no es abundante. Con todo, el abismo insalvable que se suponía entre hombre y animal es cuestionado hace tiempo y desde muchos ángulos. Rainer Maria Rilke, Gertrud Kolmar y Paul Zech, tres de las voces poéticas más importantes del siglo XX alemán, coinciden en la empatía y la solidaridad con el sufrimiento animal". (Descripción editorial).… (mais)

Go into yourself and examine the depth. Write out of necessity. Seek solitude. Hold fast to what is difficult. Unhappiness transforms you, let it happen. School your doubts until they become constructive critics, request arguments from them.
Rilke gives wise advice like these. But more than that I enjoyed seeing his poetic mind reasoning. He sees the world differently, more sensually, more metaphorically. He trusts the world and all that is happening. There is little cliche or tradition in his thinking, he constructs everything himself.
Rilke is a brave, bright and kind soul. In this book he tries to help another soul deal with hardship and fears that so often besiege a young poet or perhaps any person of any age.… (mais)