Selected Poems

Out of all the collections of Holderlin's poetry I've looked at, this is the one that gives me the greatest of pleasure.Although there is no "complete" collection on the market in English, I find that these are the most poetic, dramatic and sensitive versions of the great Master poet Holderlin.

The introduction written by Paul Hoover made the poetry all the more interesting: "A profound influence on Rilke and Heidegger in his mystical concept of the Open as well as Transcendental Idealism..." "...