New Poems

This is a majestic work by poet and translator John Greening, who follows the form of the originals and hears the voice that drives them. It is an indispensable contribution not only to the body of Rilke translations but to the pleasure of all those who love and are fascinated by Rilke.

~George Szirtes, FRSL, Poet and Translator

Anyone who has dipped into the busy waters of Rilke in translation will appreciate what a sustained, musical, and formal triumph is to be found in John Greening’s work on the Neue Gedichte.

~Martyn Crucefix, Poet and Translator, London

Greening’s empathy and poetic skill allow us better to enter Rilke’s world and understand his importance to German, and indeed European, poetry.

~Hilary Davies, Poet and Translator, Royal Literary Fund Fellow and Fellow of the Temenos Academy