I talk with Cornell Classics faculty Athena Kirk about Thomas Hardy's Victorian-era--not ancient--poem "Shut Out That Moon." As a bonus, we discuss Louise Glück's "Afternoons and Early Evenings" and discover connections and contrasts between two poems that we did not intend to pair. Lost to a recording glitch, for better or worse: a reference to 1994's Reality Bites. You also get to hear a snippet of Richard Burton reciting the poem. This episode brought to you by Blind Homer's Escape Room.