Letters to a Young Poet

  • Live in these books

    This is a quote from the book Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke, translated by Charlie Louth. Have you read this book? I’d love to hear your thoughts in a comment below! If you’re interested, you can read an excerpt from the book here. Letter to a Young Poet – Summary Here…

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  • A work of art is good if…

    This is a quote from the book Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke. Have you read this book? I’d love to hear your thoughts in a comment below! If you’re interested, you can read an excerpt from the book here. Letter to a Young Poet – Summary Here is the book summary…

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  • Why you write

    Excerpt from Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke This is an excerpt from the book Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke. You ask whether your verses are good. You ask me that. You have asked others, before. You send them to magazines. You compare them with other poems, and…

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