Letters to a Young Poet/the Possibility of Being

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Summary: Both the Wise Guidance and the Result
Review: Kent Nerburn did a terrific service to the student of both writing and the genius of Rainer Maria Rilke by including his compelling heartfelt letters to the young Franz Xaver Kappus, a student of a former teacher of Rilke.

What makes this volume especially wonderful (there are other editions) of "Letters to a Young Poet" is the inclusion of some of Rilke's beautiful poems from his volume "The Possibility of Being."

This way the reader understands more of Rilke's heart through both his prose and his poetry.

It is as his young correspondant writes, "When a truly great and unique spirit speaks, the lesser ones must be silent."

This book is not only for poets, artists and writers. It is truly for anyone who breathes-- and wants to experience each breath with more richness, more depth, more beauty, more truth.