Poem: Stars

Experience the quiet beauty of Sara Teasdale’s poem Stars, a timeless reflection on the wonder and mystery of the night sky. This gentle spoken poem invites you to pause, look upward in imagination, and feel a sense of awe beneath the vast field of stars. A short moment of contemplative poetry for reflection and stillness. If you enjoy listening to classic poetry, you may also explore my other recorded poems here on Insight Timer.

Music by Lightning Traveler.

Transcript

This poem is titled Stars by Sarah Teasdale Alone in the night on a dark hill With pines around me spicy and still And a heaven full of stars over my head White and topaz and misty red Myriads with beating hearts of fire That eons cannot vex or tire Up the dome of heaven like a great hill I watch them marching stately and still And I know that I am honored to be witness Of so much majesty