{"id":4315,"date":"2011-10-27T13:30:23","date_gmt":"2011-10-27T19:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/qotd\/waking-up-to-read-a-little-draft-long-letters-and-along-the-citys-avenues-fitfully-wander-when-the-wild-leaves-loosen-day-in-autumn-by-rainer-maria-rilke\/"},"modified":"2011-10-27T13:30:23","modified_gmt":"2011-10-27T19:30:23","slug":"waking-up-to-read-a-little-draft-long-letters-and-along-the-citys-avenues-fitfully-wander-when-the-wild-leaves-loosen-day-in-autumn-by-rainer-maria-rilke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/qotd\/waking-up-to-read-a-little-draft-long-letters-and-along-the-citys-avenues-fitfully-wander-when-the-wild-leaves-loosen-day-in-autumn-by-rainer-maria-rilke\/","title":{"rendered":"“waking up to read a little, draft long letters, \/ and, along the city’s avenues, \/ fitfully wander, when the wild leaves loosen.” — Day in Autumn by Rainer Maria Rilke"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day in Autumn by Rainer Maria Rilke : Poetry Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n

Day in Autumn<\/h3>\n

By Rainer Maria Rilke<\/a><\/p>\n

Translated By Mary Kinzie<\/a> Read the translator’s notes<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

After the summer’s yield, Lord, it is time
to let your shadow lengthen on the sundials
and in the pastures let the rough winds fly. <\/p>\n

As for the final fruits, coax them to roundness.
Direct on them two days of warmer light
to hale them golden toward their term, and harry
the last few drops of sweetness through the wine. <\/p>\n

Whoever’s homeless now, will build no shelter;
who lives alone will live indefinitely so,
waking up to read a little, draft long letters,   
and, along the city’s avenues,
fitfully wander, when the wild leaves loosen.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Day in Autumn by Rainer Maria Rilke : Poetry Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Day in Autumn by Rainer Maria Rilke : Poetry Magazine Day in Autumn By Rainer Maria Rilke Translated By Mary Kinzie Read the translator’s notes After the summer’s yield, Lord, it is time to let your shadow lengthen on the sundials and in the pastures let the rough winds fly. As for the final fruits, … Continue reading “waking up to read a little, draft long letters, \/ and, along the city’s avenues, \/ fitfully wander, when the wild leaves loosen.” — Day in Autumn by Rainer Maria Rilke<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-status-updates","category-qotd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4315\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}