One of this poet's speakers compares "this difficult living, heavy and as if all tied up" to the "not-quite-finished walk" of the titular bird.
This poet claimed "I live my life in growing rings / which move out over the things around me" in one work, while another of his poems states, "And suddenly, everything is completely fire." One of this poet's speakers compares "this difficult living, heavy and as if all tied up" to the "not-quite-finished walk" of the titular bird. He wrote The Book of Hours and New Poems, which includes a poem whose speaker claims "We cannot know his legendary head / with eyes like ripening fruit" before stating, "You must change your life." This poet wrote a collection with sections inspired by Picasso's Les Saltimbanques and Gaspara Stampa, which begins with the question, "Who, if I cried out, would hear me among the Angelic Orders?" For 10 points, name this German poet who wrote "The Archaic Torso of Apollo" and the Duino Elegies.
This poet claimed "I live my life in growing rings / which move out over the things around me" in one work, while another of his poems states, "And suddenly, everything is completely fire.
Rainier Maria Rilke