WHEN I GO

Selected French Poems

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ISBN 13: 987-1-5326-0427-0 (paperback)

ISBN 13: 987-1-5326-0429-4 (hardcover)

ISBN 13: 987-1-5326-0428-7 (ebook)

Cataloging-in-Publication data:

Names: Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875–1926, author | Petermann, Susanne, translator.

Title: When I go : selected French poems / Rainer Maria Rilke ; translated with an introduction by Susanne Petermann.

Description: Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2017 | Includes bibliographical data.

Identifiers: 987-1-5326-0427-0 (paperback) | 987-1-5326-0429-4 (hardcover) | 987-1-5326-0428-7 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Poetry | Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875–1926—Translations into English | French poetry—Translations into English.

Classification: PT2635 .I65 W57 2017 (print) | PT2635 (ebook).

Manufactured in the U.S.A. 09/17/15

Previous versions of some of these translations originally appeared in the following publications: Agni, Arroyo, Cave Wall, Cerise, Dark Mountain, Epiphany, the Inflectionist Review, Inventory, the Jefferson Monthly, Jerseyworks, the Jung Journal of Culture and Psyche, Loaded Bicycle, Manzanita Quarterly, Passageways, Rhino, Rowboat, Solstice, To Topos Poetry International, and Transference.