Poetic Openings : Rainer Maria Rilke to Rainer Maria Rilke

Poet : Rainer Maria Rilke : Poem : Encounter In The Chestnut Avenue : First Line : He felt the entrance's green darkness
Poet : Rainer Maria Rilke : Poem : Eve : First Line : Look how she stands, high on the steep facade
Poet : Rainer Maria Rilke : Poem : Evening : First Line : The sky puts on the darkening blue coat
Poet : Rainer Maria Rilke : Poem : Evening Love Song : First Line : Ornamental clouds
Poet : Rainer Maria Rilke : Poem : Exposed On The Cliffs Of The Heart : First Line : Exposed on the cliffs of the heart. Look, how tiny down

Poet : Rainer Maria Rilke : Poem : Extinguish Thou My Eyes : First Line : Extinguish Thou my eyes:I still can see Thee,
Poet : Rainer Maria Rilke : Poem : Falling Stars : First Line : Do you remember still the falling stars
Poet : Rainer Maria Rilke : Poem : Fire's Reflection : First Line : Perhaps it's no more than the fire's reflection
Poet : Rainer Maria Rilke : Poem : For Hans Carossa : First Line : Losing too is still ours; and even forgetting
Poet : Rainer Maria Rilke : Poem : From The Tenth Elegy : First Line : Ah, but the City of Pain: how strange its streets are: