Uncollected Poems
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Between the New Poemsof 1907 and 1908 and his death in 1926, Rainer Maria Rilke published only two major volumes of poetry—the Duino Elegiesand the Sonnets to Orpheus, both in 1923. But during this period he was writing verse continually, often prolifically—in letters, in guest books, in presentation copies, and chiefly in the pocket-books he always carried with him. This body of uncollected work exceeds five hundred pieces: finished poems of great poise and brilliance, headlong statements that hurtle through their subjects, haunting "fragments," and short bursts that arc into the unpursuable. A remarkable number of them are among Rilke's finest poems.
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Snow's selection of more than a hundred of these little-known works distills the best of the uncollected poetry while offering a wide enough choice to convey Rilke's variety and industry during the years he wrote them. Uncollected Poemswill lead students, scholars, and other readers to a fresh—and more accurate—understanding of this great poet's life and work.
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