Poems to Night by Rainer Maria Rilke

Poems to Night by Rainer Maria Rilke'A gorgeous collection of odes to the night and darkness' ExBerliner In 1916, Rainer Maria Rilke presented his friend Rudolf Kassner with a notebook, containing twenty two poems meticulously inscribed in his own hand and bearing the title Poems to Night. This evocative sequence of poems, which echoes some of the great themes of German romanticism, is now thought to represent one of the key stages in the creative breakthrough and spiritual evolution of

There they sleep in a bed owned by a queen and bathe in a fountain with bronze dolphins

whose experiments with form and colour created some of the most memorable work of the early twentieth century

Learn about about Amelia Earhart in a poem shaped like a plane

truth and passion’ – Sir Ian McKellen ‘Highly entertaining

Titles in this series:

Full of heart and hope' - Hannah Gold

including historical examples (especially from Caligula's horrific reign)

After travelling through time in SHADOW OF NIGHT

Resolutely single

and hold ancient energies that have been used to create magic spells throughout time

‘Dancing Barefoot’ and ‘Because the Night’

and The Hundred Days is one of the best in the series