Gabriel Levin’s Essay on Robert Friend’swork
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Edward Field’s Essay on Robert Friend
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Anthony Rudolf’s Obituary and Tribute
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Robert Friend’s poetry
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Photos of Robert Friend
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Feature of Friend’s work in a previous issue
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Robert Friend’s essay on TranslatingRachel at www.poetryinternationalweb.net
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Robert Friend’s translations.Copyright © Jean Shapiro Cantu
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Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926)
Translated by Robert Friend
Lullaby
Some day when I lose you,
how will you sleep, my love,
without me murmuring near you
like linden leaves above you?
And without me watchinghere,
words pressed
almost like eyelids
upon your mouth and limbs
and gently on your breast?
Without my leaving you
alone with what is yours,
like a garden that reposes
with throngs of stars and star-anise,
melissas and roses?