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The Poetry Show: Evening -- Star or Shroud


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Evening: The Guardian of Dreams Takes Note.

 

A number of 'ties' for first place in the "greatest poet" category compete this week to find out what happens as the sun goes down. Some stumble; some look to the West; some await the stars.

The image is drawn by Gemini from the second verse of Rilke's poem below

Broadcast LIVE Wednesdays, 10 AM on https://player.enlightenradio.org
Hosts: Janet Harrison, John Case
This Episode Recorded Dec 17, 2025

Evening

by Rainer Maria Rilke

1875 -- 1926


The bleak fields are asleep,
My heart alone wakes;
The evening in the harbour
Down his red sails takes.


Night, guardian of dreams,
Now wanders through the land;
The moon, a lily white,
Blossoms within her hand.

 

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