Harshness vanished. A sudden softness
has replaced the meadows' wintry grey.
Little rivulets of water changed
their singing accents. Tendernesses,
hesitantly, reach toward the earth
from space, and country lanes are showing
these unexpected subtle risings
that find expression in the empty trees.
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Comments1WOW RAINER MARIA RILKE'S POEM JUST SPEAKS TO MY SOUL! LOVE THE LINE "LITTLE RIVULETS OF WATER CHANGED THEIR SINGING ACCENTS." THIS IS BEAUTIFUL! POETRY AT ITS BEST FOLKS!