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Hiersein ist herrlich - 365 Tage mit Rilke
Dieser immerwährende Kalender versammelt anregende und unterhaltsame Gedanken und Gedichte von Rainer Maria Rilke für jeden Tag – sorgfältig abgestimmt auf Jahreszeiten und Feiertage. Illustriert mit vielen farbigen Abbildungen, Zeichnungen und Gemälden und mit viel Platz für eigene Notizen bietet dieser Kalender alles, was man braucht. Der perfekte Begleiter durchs ganze Jahr!
- GenresPoetry
256 pages, Hardcover
Published August 18, 2013
About the author
Rainer Maria Rilke
1,889 books7,173 followersA mystic lyricism and precise imagery often marked verse of German poet Rainer Maria Rilke, whose collections profoundly influenced 20th-century German literature and include
The Book of Hours
(1905) and
The Duino Elegies
(1923).
People consider him of the greatest 20th century users of the language.
His haunting images tend to focus on the difficulty of communion with the ineffable in an age of disbelief, solitude, and profound anxiety — themes that tend to position him as a transitional figure between the traditional and the modernist poets.
His two most famous sequences include the Sonnets to Orpheus , and his most famous prose works include the Letters to a Young Poet and the semi-autobiographical The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge .
He also wrote more than four hundred poems in French, dedicated to the canton of Valais in Switzerland, his homeland of choice.
People consider him of the greatest 20th century users of the language.
His haunting images tend to focus on the difficulty of communion with the ineffable in an age of disbelief, solitude, and profound anxiety — themes that tend to position him as a transitional figure between the traditional and the modernist poets.
His two most famous sequences include the Sonnets to Orpheus , and his most famous prose works include the Letters to a Young Poet and the semi-autobiographical The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge .
He also wrote more than four hundred poems in French, dedicated to the canton of Valais in Switzerland, his homeland of choice.
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May 14, 2026
The book "Hiersein ist herrlich - 365 Tage mit Rilke" (“Being here is glorious”) with quotes by Rainer Maria Rilke became much more than a journal for me. It turned into a companion through grief.
I started writing in it on the day my mother died on May 12th, 2025. In the middle of shock, phone calls, paperwork, and all the unbearable administrative details that follow a death, the journal gave me somewhere to place my thoughts when everything else felt unreal.
Over the following year, it slowly became a home for memories. What makes this journal so special are Rilke’s quotes, woven throughout the pages on all themes of life — love, solitude, beauty, change, fear, joy, faith, time, and loss. Again and again, they sparked unexpected memories. A single sentence could suddenly bring back my mother’s laughter, a holiday, the way she loved flowers, or an ordinary afternoon I had not thought about in years.
The quotes simply opened doors. Some days they gave comfort; other days they helped me sit with difficult emotions without turning away from them.
What I appreciated most about this journal was its rhythm. Moving through the days one page at a time helped me go through the first year after my mother’s death without forcing grief into a neat process. Some entries are practical notes written during exhaustion and bureaucracy. Others are fragments of memory, gratitude, anger, or love. Together they became a record not only of mourning, but of a continuing relationship with my mother through remembrance.
Now, by the end of the year, the journal is holding far more than sorrow. It became a place where memories gathered naturally, sparked by poetry, daily life, and the passing of seasons.
The journal itself is beautifully designed. Alongside Rilke’s words are artworks and illustrations from his time, which create a quiet, reflective atmosphere throughout the book. They invite you to slow down. Opening the journal often felt like stepping gently into another world for a moment.
What touched me especially was how much of the artwork comes from Northern Germany, where we live — paintings connected to Worpswede and artists such as Paula Modersohn-Becker. During grief, those images felt strangely familiar and grounding, the landscapes and muted colors corresponded to the emotional tone of the year. The visual language of the journal — soft, earthy, melancholic without being dark — resonated deeply with mourning while still carrying warmth and beauty.
I did not expect the artwork to matter so much, but it became part of why I returned to the journal. Even in difficult phases, opening it felt comforting and sometimes even joyful rather than heavy.
The book also felt personal in an unexpected way. One of my mother’s favorite expressions was “es war herrlich” — her way of showing appreciation for something beautiful, comforting, or simply good. Finding an untouched book titled "Hiersein ist herrlich" on her bookshelf after her death felt almost uncanny, as though it had quietly been waiting for me.
I would recommend *Hiersein ist herrlich* to anyone wanting to reflect. It is not only a beautiful journal filled with Rilke’s words, but a quiet space in which memories can return and remain alive.
I started writing in it on the day my mother died on May 12th, 2025. In the middle of shock, phone calls, paperwork, and all the unbearable administrative details that follow a death, the journal gave me somewhere to place my thoughts when everything else felt unreal.
Over the following year, it slowly became a home for memories. What makes this journal so special are Rilke’s quotes, woven throughout the pages on all themes of life — love, solitude, beauty, change, fear, joy, faith, time, and loss. Again and again, they sparked unexpected memories. A single sentence could suddenly bring back my mother’s laughter, a holiday, the way she loved flowers, or an ordinary afternoon I had not thought about in years.
The quotes simply opened doors. Some days they gave comfort; other days they helped me sit with difficult emotions without turning away from them.
What I appreciated most about this journal was its rhythm. Moving through the days one page at a time helped me go through the first year after my mother’s death without forcing grief into a neat process. Some entries are practical notes written during exhaustion and bureaucracy. Others are fragments of memory, gratitude, anger, or love. Together they became a record not only of mourning, but of a continuing relationship with my mother through remembrance.
Now, by the end of the year, the journal is holding far more than sorrow. It became a place where memories gathered naturally, sparked by poetry, daily life, and the passing of seasons.
The journal itself is beautifully designed. Alongside Rilke’s words are artworks and illustrations from his time, which create a quiet, reflective atmosphere throughout the book. They invite you to slow down. Opening the journal often felt like stepping gently into another world for a moment.
What touched me especially was how much of the artwork comes from Northern Germany, where we live — paintings connected to Worpswede and artists such as Paula Modersohn-Becker. During grief, those images felt strangely familiar and grounding, the landscapes and muted colors corresponded to the emotional tone of the year. The visual language of the journal — soft, earthy, melancholic without being dark — resonated deeply with mourning while still carrying warmth and beauty.
I did not expect the artwork to matter so much, but it became part of why I returned to the journal. Even in difficult phases, opening it felt comforting and sometimes even joyful rather than heavy.
The book also felt personal in an unexpected way. One of my mother’s favorite expressions was “es war herrlich” — her way of showing appreciation for something beautiful, comforting, or simply good. Finding an untouched book titled "Hiersein ist herrlich" on her bookshelf after her death felt almost uncanny, as though it had quietly been waiting for me.
I would recommend *Hiersein ist herrlich* to anyone wanting to reflect. It is not only a beautiful journal filled with Rilke’s words, but a quiet space in which memories can return and remain alive.
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