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Rainer Maria Rilke has been called the most significant and compelling poet of spiritual experience of the 20th century. His exploration of the struggle between life and art and the supremacy of divine love over personal love has touched the hearts of men and women everywhere. The poems in this reading are from the selected poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, edited and translated by Stephen Mitchell.

The poems in Flying Yellow cry out for the day just out of reach, the day which unaccountably may in a moment or a season let down a joyful light into the obscurity of human trial. A hopeful belief in heaven and the end of suffering colors these profoundly spiritual, often uneasy, poems. Carried by musical currents that shape her work, Rhodes ventures into what she calls "the good dark stuff" of experience—good because the dark is where Christ went, willingly, to take it captive.

The selected poems of Scotish Born Maine poet William Henry Forester.

Deep dive into this imaginative collection of poetry and prose. A world of thoughts and dreams carefully constructed into four distinct parts filled with science fiction, fantasy, romance, and nature illustrating life from adolescence to adulthood. Dreaming Awake takes you on a journey through the author’s mind with dark and captivating prose poems, rhythmic lyrics, free verse poems, and daily musings. Examining life and the struggles and jubilations that fill it, tackling issues like loss, depression, love, suicide, sexual abuse, anxiety, and self-discovery.