I read a book by Rainer Maria Rilke some time ago called Letters to a Young Poet. There is a passage that I came across today that I feel the need to share here with you: “Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms […]
Some thoughts about Rilke, writers’ block and creativity — Writer of Words, etc
Category: poetry
On Writing Better | Rainer Maria Rilke — (Reblog)

European poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) pursued a life of meaning through his writing. He studied with the greatest minds of the 20th century, from Rodin to Lou Andreas-Salomé, not only to learn how to write better, but to learn how to think, feel, and live like an artist.
On Writing Better | Rainer Maria Rilke —
Haiku: Warm Heart

Precursors of spring;
purity from mother’s heart.
A neighbour’s warm smile.
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Quote/s of the Day – 29 January – The Mustard Seed – Lord, May Your kingdom Come Into My Heart — AnaStpaul (Reblog)

Quote/s of the Day – 29 January – The Mustard Seed – Lord, May Your kingdom Come Into My Heart “To what shall we comparethe kingdom of God, …It is like a mustard seed,which, when sown on the ground,is the smallest of all the seeds on earth,yet when it is sown, it grows upand becomes […]
Quote/s of the Day – 29 January – The Mustard Seed – Lord, May Your kingdom Come Into My Heart — AnaStpaul
Haiku: Morning Light

Through the creeping light
night and day undivided;
a thousand birdsongs
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