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Letters to a Young Poet

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Ten letters by Rilke exploring solitude, love, and the difficult work of being human, emphasizing that we are fundamentally alone and must embrace solitude to grow.

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"Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet are required reading, and not just for poets, but for anyone engaged in difficult work — which includes creative pursuits, certainly, but also the work of being human. As Rilke writes, 'it is clear we must hold to the difficult; everything that lives holds to it'"
Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet - A poignant ode to solitude · u/the-woman-respecter · ↑35 · 2023-04-24
"Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet are required reading, and not just for poets, but for anyone engaged in difficult work"
Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet - A poignant ode to solitude · u/the-woman-respecter · ↑35 · 2023-04-24
"letters to a young poet is beautiful. words cant describe it(not true, rilke's writing is just so beautiful and marvelous and gorgeous, just my words cant describe it)"
rilke · u/whenyousleep419 · ↑22 · 2022-02-02
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