Haiku: Heart of Dreams

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My heart in the wood,
dreaming of a peerless sky
while a pine cone falls

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Haiku: Easterly Wind

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Cold easterly wind
bringing snow and lurid light —
starlings gathering

Haiku: Light Returning

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A light returning
through the greying firmament.
The cat is outside

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Some thoughts about Rilke, writers’ block and creativity — Writer of Words, etc (Reblog)

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

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 —