over the weekend i recalled that the poem rilke
composed for his gravestone (a year before his death)
is usually called a haiku or haiku-like in the
literary criticism. (it's three lines, but not
exactly 17 syllables.) 7 years earlier he wrote a
poem which he titled 'haiku', again 3 lines, but not 5
7 5.
(might add that the next to last poem rilke wrote in
his life was titled 'haiku'. it was in french. after
finishing the elegies and sonnets in 1922, he wrote
over 400 poems in french; in addition to another 200
in german.)
i wonder if our jds knew this.
kim
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