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[...] Rumi and Rilke: A Found Poem « Simply Blessed Feb 7, 2010 … This particular found poem starts with two lines from a Rumi poem and then alternates with Rilke’s words on the next two lines. … simplyblessed.heartsdeesire.com/…/rumi-and-rilke-a-found-poem/ - Cached - Similar [...]

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By: heartsdeesire

heartsdeesire — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 02:47:57 +0000

Thank you Peregrine! It is pretty cool, I agree. Gosh I haven’t done a found poem in forever but they sure were fun when I did do them! :)

By: Peregrine

Peregrine — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 02:30:25 +0000

Beautifully done! Two of my favorites.

By: heartsdeesire

heartsdeesire — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:16:28 +0000

I think you could be right about that Amy. I hadn’t thought about that. Two great poets centuries apart become one voice and poetic history is made. I hope you like it Rumi and Rilke.
I have a feeling they do. xxxo

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:24:51 +0000

Beautiful Bethie. That was quite a feat!

You wove them together beautifully. I think it feels a bit more like Rilke than Rumi. It has more of his reverence.

love you!

By: heartsdeesire

heartsdeesire — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:41:25 +0000

Lovely story of how you were introduced to poetry, thank you for sharing it. I first fell in love with poetry in high school and a particular poet, Langston Hughes. I read him exclusively. I would then leave poetry behind until about 6 years ago I was introduced to a yahoogroup called Panhala and this renewed a passionate love affair with poetry once again. I highly recommend this group to you or anyone, he sends out one poem about 5 days a week. There I was introduced to Rilke, to Mary Oliver, to Wendell Berry, to William Stafford, Denise Levertov and so many more. Rilke is my favorite poet of all time…

By: Laijon Liu

Laijon Liu — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:19:12 +0000

Yeah,

I love literature, that I remembered on my third grade elementary, my Chinese teacher was an newbie just graduated and started with us, a pretty lady of 23, who did not hold attitude of mama, and she arranged us a tour in zoo, and home work was 300 characters passage of observation of any animal, and I did a mandarin duck for 500 characters, mainly descriptions of feathers, colors, and leisure activities, and she took it with a great joy, and read my writing in the class. After that, I was into it:-) Of course, she didn’t know I wrote for her:-)

So now, I get on subway, stroll on streets, laying on beach, getting my inspiration:-) and stretch my arms into the midair to embrace what I breathe, and imagine a passionate fly:) in a springday, to where stars lined up for me to hug, or a violin for me to touch:-)

So what’s your story? Why you love poetry so much?

By: heartsdeesire

heartsdeesire — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:39:49 +0000

Thank you for your kind words. I merely put together the existing words of two great poets. Speaking of, you seem to have poetry within you, too. And I smiled at your teacher’s rather creative idea of punishment. Love, Bethie

By: Laijon Liu

Laijon Liu — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:04:38 +0000

Oh Heartsdeesire, you are a genius,
how did you blend two old wine into one?
Mixed two great taste to a new fragrance?

This is beautiful! Seriously.

I once did cut my class on my junior High year, and Chinese teacher punished me to write Li Po, Cui Hao and Yang Shen’s poems, each of their poems for three hundred times, and after, I mixed their poems into one.

You must read Rilke and Rumi and other book all your life, otherwise, it is not easy to accomplish that, no.

I admire your poem.