***** NB: The following translations are taken from the complete New Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke translated by John Greening. The book will be published by  Baylor University Press in Autumn 2025.   ***** Rilke: Four Poems from Neue Gedichte THE RISEN Never, right up to the very end, could he turn her down or … Continue reading Rainer Maria Rilke: Four Poems translated by John Greening