<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>https://ecency.com</link><image><url>https://ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:59:28 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@rainer-m-rilke/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Original Poem / If she's calm]]></title><description><![CDATA[after the sparrowhawk attack the talon-marks show a puncture-wound below each wing if the dove is quiet if she's calm bird-flesh heals fast]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rainer-m-rilke/original-poem-if-she-s-calm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rainer-m-rilke/original-poem-if-she-s-calm</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rainer-m-rilke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2018 19:56:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBR93PdDWTgwkAbG83pBVxG2z5P5ER8TRdYJw6vDDWjmyrP9ttfJoVtb2RiruEAXekSvZhsVt1nxp8e7398d2Lh1c19Hd4XeTAjateZm2aiUnjAtwXu49k?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Original Poem / How to Transcend]]></title><description><![CDATA[It can be any one of us. How to pass over limits, rise above needles in the hand finding a port in a vein? How to get over the prepping with marker pens, not writing but being written on? How to go beyond]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rainer-m-rilke/original-poem-how-to-transcend</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rainer-m-rilke/original-poem-how-to-transcend</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rainer-m-rilke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2018 13:35:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/USgKoryE83j5SszZjVa416uk6y3XCqvK129Eem8Gnn84HpVu4p5zJN1PJyXBs2GqUWJYr1eYoPXfGZajYVCmdx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Original Poem / Snow seeks a form]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'll never arrive on moving land in shifting skies I need the map of another planet No valley or hill no roads, no cars in a white shell I'm hearing the sea who's hidden the stars? Snow seeks a form a]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rainer-m-rilke/original-poem-snow-seeks-a-form</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rainer-m-rilke/original-poem-snow-seeks-a-form</guid><category><![CDATA[poem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rainer-m-rilke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jan 2018 13:14:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLy5czXQixS6UaXrjSAwYyZv6YV56HJx1nDd1Tet77xhnxqihjyYBpaHpB7F6mtaT9zvqdB35yaiTwtqSBuDqtPWY4xzgCzcaWVpvP35NFDFoMxML9sMYVvwM82?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Original Poem / The Glass Doctor]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rock crystal, a clear quartz. Ice-like, hope freezes in one of the living stones. Dipped in drinking water to protect against disease, it transfuses a bowlful with its gleam. The charmstone radiates itself.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rainer-m-rilke/original-poem-the-glass-doctor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rainer-m-rilke/original-poem-the-glass-doctor</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rainer-m-rilke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2018 18:24:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/W5LtFRy2XGKteJb7BWdZxVDJAhecs3eCgMUugEBnGKQGSF1FQXekzoP7UL4tLYesPegnFFXG9UN2QZ7uGWxit1AiZmzjXkHbekq7JXG9rNremyeqSY89V5ZRq2oEQvJ8ZcKMF28y2AcVCFGSDDm82C3CG6iXB?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Original Poem / Two Haiku]]></title><link>https://ecency.com/@rainer-m-rilke/42xlcn-original-poem-two-haiku</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rainer-m-rilke/42xlcn-original-poem-two-haiku</guid><category><![CDATA[poem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rainer-m-rilke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jun 2017 22:11:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVoR7DDuGuorNVhEfYpT5qxvuJ1tjMcKnMSxvkXrUXjKwketXaW1QDvkuvQLWKrhViBpfAm9Ean5Qg9rKSQSPwcKwtYfasqXVw5x8txtyhrW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Original Poem / Two Haiku]]></title><link>https://ecency.com/@rainer-m-rilke/original-poem-two-haiku</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rainer-m-rilke/original-poem-two-haiku</guid><category><![CDATA[poem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rainer-m-rilke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jun 2017 13:31:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pQP6xYLzm8gNsZSBe6dz15JruSmTnF5ZTfDYzTYhZbWvDT8ijmZEcWULztnN65sEP9LzGmDET7jAoZDjRntXyRxJGLmXBEWbTLyBh5AEoecqLJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Original Poem / Quietly Confident]]></title><link>https://ecency.com/@rainer-m-rilke/original-poem-quietly-confident</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rainer-m-rilke/original-poem-quietly-confident</guid><category><![CDATA[poem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rainer-m-rilke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jun 2017 13:17:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/6gUbcKN7Uxenq7k27v2EBxMoXacfsEYcAeGshHvYeKV5csg3uvmKLXjeS7NXGTqChz4v6A?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ORIGINAL POEM - Moonlight 🎴]]></title><description><![CDATA[moonlight glides in over the windowsill like the soporific tide of warm bath-water bubbles like the oiled slide of fingertips on soapy skin]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rainer-m-rilke/original-poem-moonlight</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rainer-m-rilke/original-poem-moonlight</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rainer-m-rilke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2017 16:27:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/6gUbcKN7Uxenq7ivX7hME2G4JSGgcRTqaDuBaGbbYf41EXxYFn2E8MMNdsRJf9L2bP2LdC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ORIGINAL POEM - The Hare]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where the hare rises like the wind over open space follow him going uphill watch him leap to break the trail near his resting-place in the boat-shaped trodden pad keeping his print grounded put a hand]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rainer-m-rilke/original-poem-the-hare</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rainer-m-rilke/original-poem-the-hare</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rainer-m-rilke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2017 15:13:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UondCUFVKNEbCFbZTWyyUZYmFKFgG4sGyCM9XVnoGfKfdvXoQ1XCRXeeitWp1rz7CHNZzbuyJcJdTFduA1Xsrz4heAsJGJaUp8pSEtjDLZav?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[ORIGINAL POEM] Lime]]></title><description><![CDATA[it's the time for lime citrus zest of sex the bitter sublime taste of fresh -ness sweet crime of new birth lines a grime-free regeneration sign life which beats sunbeams which bleach skins like moist paper]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rainer-m-rilke/original-poem-lime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rainer-m-rilke/original-poem-lime</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rainer-m-rilke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2017 16:38:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2ufhwNgM3qHKRHbX51naVQpgfH5DH6QBjrRDih3JQwi25NtAZJDHLQbkBYsjemGo7vzoCUpFx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[ORIGINAL POEM] She]]></title><description><![CDATA[she folded black back on itself she an origami shadow neatly drawn in and in on herself she awkwardly elegant teases limbs apart, unfolds her secret structure and keeps unfolding limbs like wings with]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rainer-m-rilke/original-poem-she</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rainer-m-rilke/original-poem-she</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rainer-m-rilke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2017 12:41:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/B69zEhWZA8UDbyyAqJE5DKLKxMSxmjpTTR8QVut6eXqbvFFiQEeA9TYHadAhko22S7WFYg13rXqERaVrSM8iTEfj43pcjLbd1DPJKwrN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[ORIGINAL POEM] As we bathe]]></title><description><![CDATA[   As we bathe under the bridge   intoxication drops dead, is washed up   on the beach   where old animals in the trees watch us   with ill-concealed]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rainer-m-rilke/original-poem-as-we-bathe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rainer-m-rilke/original-poem-as-we-bathe</guid><category><![CDATA[poem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rainer-m-rilke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2017 18:12:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSg3j52kokyfvD831NZXoqzpYQVcurK7HS58pbY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[ORIGINAL POEM] A Glass of Tuscan Grappa]]></title><description><![CDATA[The truth in a glass of Tuscan grappa, that life has passed without having tasted her cherry red lips, that life has passed without having kissed her pale neck. In another glass of grappa; “it’s all biology.”]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rainer-m-rilke/original-poem-a-glass-of-tuscan-grappa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rainer-m-rilke/original-poem-a-glass-of-tuscan-grappa</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rainer-m-rilke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2017 19:36:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rJF8BjABwB8pAybrEuw6D1BgP9f6dyX2KyAHAQ65RMVVY3ptuhXCKfJ7EnxtqFgLWv36JPrWc11U7Ym84TCncxMy9HTZ9LtELQe1s7eWAqAgyLMSCCxE3KugHrMB?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[ORIGINAL POEM] The unemployed ✍️]]></title><description><![CDATA[The unemployed in the harbor hang in clusters      Drink to forget the day to avoid tomorrow.      Somewhere they remember their childhood, the hand that]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rainer-m-rilke/original-poem-the-unemployed</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rainer-m-rilke/original-poem-the-unemployed</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rainer-m-rilke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2017 17:53:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSg3j52kokyfvD831NZXoUWJedSaNo3E2GJEZxz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[ORIGINAL POEM] High above the trees]]></title><description><![CDATA[A boreal storm rages - it's the time when the rowan-berries ripen. Awake in the darkness, I can hear the constellations stomping in their stalls high above the trees. I lie on the bed with my arms widely]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rainer-m-rilke/original-poem-high-above-the-trees</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rainer-m-rilke/original-poem-high-above-the-trees</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rainer-m-rilke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2017 17:06:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSg3j52kokyfvD831NZY9GBtpnzvVMYb3MfyaMU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[ORIGINAL POEM] The cloud]]></title><description><![CDATA[The cloud that moves the evening forward resembles a girl with curls, adorned with a fiery red tiara, the hair a floating veil. The heavenly deer she hunts, but finds no celestial prey. Weepingly, she]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rainer-m-rilke/original-poem-the-cloud</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rainer-m-rilke/original-poem-the-cloud</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rainer-m-rilke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2017 18:00:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSg3j52kokyfvD831NZY8bUPoGqRZd2cyNj333U?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[ORIGINAL POEM] The sound]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is an anti-war poem I wrote during the height of the Yugoslav Wars in the 1990's, but it's as relevant these days, unfortunately.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rainer-m-rilke/original-poem-the-sound</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rainer-m-rilke/original-poem-the-sound</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rainer-m-rilke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2017 14:08:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSg3j52kokyfvD831NZY8bTbdtVLVtsMDxgZyHQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[ORIGINAL POEM] May I?]]></title><description><![CDATA[May I kiss your hand, little juniper bush, and put my arm around you, big stone? Can I tickle your beard, little tuft of moss, and bite your silvery bark, mighty birch? May I be really light again and]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rainer-m-rilke/original-poem-may-i</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rainer-m-rilke/original-poem-may-i</guid><category><![CDATA[poem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rainer-m-rilke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2017 18:26:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSg3j52kokyfvD831NZY8E3xAZ4pjbG6Nuen6Ei?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[ORIGINAL POEM] The child in the garden]]></title><description><![CDATA[                            The child in the garden]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rainer-m-rilke/original-poem-the-child-in-the-garden</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rainer-m-rilke/original-poem-the-child-in-the-garden</guid><category><![CDATA[poem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rainer-m-rilke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2017 18:09:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSg3j52kokyfvD831NZY8E3so876WE551eocUPg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>