spacer 50
Poem of the Day | Top 30 | Poets | Shopping | Forums | Search | Comments
Today, on November 23rd, 2009, the site contains 196 poets, 8,692 poems and 7,657 comments.
Rainer Maria Rilke - Loneliness

Being apart and lonely is like rain.
It climbs toward evening from the ocean plains;
from flat places, rolling and remote, it climbs
to heaven, which is its old abode.
And only when leaving heaven drops upon the city.

It rains down on us in those twittering
hours when the streets turn their faces to the dawn,
and when two bodies who have found nothing,
dissapointed and depressed, roll over;
and when two people who despise eachother
have to sleep together in one bed-

that is when loneliness receives the rivers...

Added: on September 26th, 2009 at 2:56 PM | Viewed: 12030 times | Comments (1)


Loneliness - Comments and Information

Poet: Rainer Maria Rilke
Poem: Loneliness

Poem of the Day on:
Sep 9 2003

Comment 1 of 1, added on September 26th, 2009 at 2:56 PM.

Oh, I cant agree with you more! It is really wonderful! All the very best!

Cacatte Anita from India

Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Loneliness, has received one comment so far. Click here to read it, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Rainer Maria Rilke with others on the Poetry Connection poetry forum!

Poem Info

Rilke Info
Copyright © 2003-2009 Gunnar Bengtsson, Poetry Connection. All Rights Reserved.
Show Me New Orleans | Mortgage Content