Letters To A Young Poet are ten letters written by Rainer Maria Rilke to a young man about to enter the German military.
Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet: The Fifth Letter
This book has been my favorite book for ten years or more. I’ve bought and then given away so many copies of it, I almost never have one for myself.
Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet: The Fourth Letter
Letters To A Young Poet are ten letters written to a young man about to enter the German military. His name was Franz Kappus, he was 19 years old, and he wrote Rilke looking for guidance and a critique of some of his poems.