Be Earth Now – Rainer Maria Rilke recited by Joanna Macy and Anita Barrows

As we approach the longest night of the year, we invite you to find
a few moments of quiet to tune in to this re-broadcast of
recitations from Rainer Maria Rilke’s The Book of Hours: Love Poems
to God. In his seminal collection of poems, the great
twentieth-century poet explores the nature of—and his relationship
to—God through divinely “received” prayers. Twenty-five years ago,
Anita Barrows, an award-winning poet and translator, and Joanna
Macy, a Buddhist scholar and eco-philosopher, collaborated to
translate this collection. On the album Be Earth Now, produced by
Fletcher Tucker at Gnome Life Records, Anita and Joanna recite a
selection of these poems. Through their potent recitations, they
bring the spirit of Rilke’s words fully into our time and remind us
of the ever-urgent call to love the world into being. Learn more
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