Monday, January 13, 2003

Encounter In The Chestnut Avenue Comments

Rating: 2.9

He felt the entrance's green darkness
wrapped cooly round him like a silken cloak
that he was still accepting and arranging;
when at the opposite transparent end, far off,
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Rainer Maria Rilke
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Ratnakar Mandlik 19 January 2019

A wonderful abridge version of a story poem.

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Bernard F. Asuncion 19 January 2019

A wonderful poem by Rainer Maria Rilke.....

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Glen Kappy 19 January 2019

This is how to make a scene, an incident, vivid! And I relate to how a strong sensory impression leaves its traces with us. For you who read this and might want to read something similar, see my poem “She Walks.” -GK

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Adrian Flett 19 January 2019

'first there forever, and then not at all.' Using images of shape, cloak and light to achieve a fleeting presence which was there and then gone.

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Edward Kofi Louis 19 January 2019

From a clear new unselfconcious face! With the muse of the race. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Prabir Gayen 19 January 2019

Very beautiful poem...the depiction is beautiful....

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Ruta Mohapatra 19 January 2019

Enchanting and mysterious! Thanks for sharing!

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Rainer Maria Rilke

Rainer Maria Rilke

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