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Rodin’s L’Adieu

In December 1905, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a letter to Arthur Holitscher describing Auguste Rodin, “a wise and great man,” and Rilke’s encounters with the sculptor. Published below is an excerpt from Rilke’s letter on Rodin and a new, original poem by Dan Gerber, “Rodin’s L’Adieu.” The poem takes it name from one of Rodin’s …

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Axis Mundi

Beneath the jacaranda–blue as a breath lost to a kiss, acoustic paint—the light like a muscle lifts my hand, and I’m a child again: in our gymnasium, courting the maypole, polished pine climbed over with crepe—festoon, filet lace, greenery—a hundred plaits in our faithful fists. I wind mine as if tying a rhyme around a …

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Water color painting of blurred red roses

Devil Always Thought Pelagius Was a Second-Rate Christian

Why I Chose It: Michigan Quarterly Review Reader David Freeman introduces Charlie Clark’s poem, “Devil Always Thought Pelagius Was a Second-Rate Christian,” from our Fall 2020 Issue. When I read Charlie Clark’s virtuosic poem, “Devil Always Thought Pelagius Was a Second-Rate Christian,” I am conflicted. To be clear, I am not conflicted about the poem’s content — it is …

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