“On Paradox” by Mallory Rodenberg (Poetry ’22)
Poetry alum Mallory Rodenberg’s poem, “On Paradox,” was a Poem of the Week for The Missouri Review.
Read an excerpt below.
On Paradox
A beast is anything without a choice.
A heart is a beast within the body.
When I was a child and trying to imagine God,
I’d picture Unsolved Mysteries host Robert Stack
stepping out of the shadows in his trench coat to insist,
“Perhaps you can help solve this mystery.”
Read the rest of the poem: “On Paradox”
