The summer hums. The afternoon fatigues;
she breathed her crisp white dress distractedly
and put into it that sharply etched etude
her impatience for a reality
that could come: tomorrow, this evening--,
that perhaps was there, was just kept hidden;
and at the window, tall and having everything,
she suddenly could feel the pampered park.
With that she broke off; gazed outside, locked
her hands together; wished for a long book--
and in a burst of anger shoved back
the jasmine scent. She found it sickened her.
Translated by Edward Snow
Piano Practice
Rainer Maria Rilke
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Poem topics: anger, feel, snow, summer, together, evening, hidden, white, long, park, book, reality, tomorrow, suddenly, dress, window, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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