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RITA DOVE

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Poems found: 377

THE FISH IN THE STONE

I HAVE BEEN A STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND'

THE SITUATION IS INTOLERABLE'

QE2. TRANSATLANTIC CROSSING. THIRD DAY.

AFTER READING MICKEY IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN FOR THE THIRD TIME

ANTI-FATHER

BLOWN APART

CLAUDETTE COLVIN GOES TO WORK

COZY APOLOGIA; FOR FRED

CRAB-BOIL

DAWN REVISITED

FIFTH GRADE AUTOBIOGRAPHY

FLIRTATION

FREEDOM RIDE

GHOST WALK

GOSPEL

GRAPE SHERBERT

HEART TO HEART

HIS SHIRT

HISTORY

IN THE LOBBY OF THE WARNER THEATRE, WASHINGTON, DC

KENTUCKY, 1833

MAGIC

MEDITATION AT FIFTY YARDS, MOVING TARGET

MOTHER LOVE

MY FATHER'S TELESCOPE

O

ONE VOLUME MISSING

PERSEPHONE UNDERGROUND

PERSEPHONE, FALLING

POLITICAL

READING HOLDERLIN ON THE PATIO WITH THE AID OF A DICTIONARY

REVERIE IN OPEN AIR

ROSA

RUSKS

SILOS

SIT BACK, RELAX

SMALL TOWN

THE BISTRO STYX

THE ENACTMENT

THE GREAT PIECE OF TURF

THE PASSAGE

THE POND, PORCH-VIEW: SIX P.M., EARLY SPRING

UMOJA: EACH ONE OF US COUNTS

WATCHING LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD AT ROGER HAGGERTY'S HOUSE

AMERICAN SMOOTH

ARS POETICA

DEMETER'S PRAYER TO HADES

HER ISLAND

HADES' PITCH

LINES COMPOSED ON THE BODY POLITIC: AN ACCOUNTING

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN'S RETURN TO VIENNA

NOVEMBER FOR BEGINNERS

OLD FOLK'S HOME, JERUSALEM

MY MOTHER ENTERS THE WORK FORCE

THE BOAST

USED

AFIELD

LOST BRILLIANCE

PRIMER FOR THE NUCLEAR AGE

HEROES

POMADE

PROTECTION

REUNION 2005

DESCRIBE YOURSELF IN THREE WORDS OR LESS

ROSES

TESTIMONIAL

THE BREATHING, THE ENDLESS NEWS

THE SECRET GARDEN

THE VENUS OF WILLENDORF

THE SPRING CRICKET CONSIDERS THE QUESTION OF NEGRITUDE

UNDER THE VIADUCT, 1932

STRAW HAT

THE WAKE

VACATION

WEATHERING OUT

THERE CAME A SOUL

A HILL OF BEANS

ADOLESCENCE: 1

ADOLESCENCE: 2

ADOLESCENCE: 3

BANNEKER

CANARY

DAYSTAR

DUSTING

FLASH CARDS

GEOMETRY

PARSLEY

ROAST POSSUM

SONNET IN PRIMARY COLORS

TAKING IN WASH

THE EVENT

THE GREAT PALACES OF VERSAILLES

THE HOUSE SLAVE

THE SATISFACTION COAL COMPANY

THE ZEPPELIN FACTORY

WINGFOOT LAKE

FISH IN THE STONE

ISLAND WOMEN OF PARIS

TEACH US TO NUMBER OUR DAYS'

SITUATION IS INTOLERABLE'

2E2. TRANSATLANTIC CROSSING. THIRD DAY.

FATHER OUT WALKING ON THE LAWN

HILL OF BEANS

L'OPERA

SUITE FOR AUGUSTUS: 1963

SUITE FOR AUGUSTUS: AUGUSTUS OBSERVES THE SUNSET

SUITE FOR AUGUSTUS: BACK

SUITE FOR AUGUSTUS: D.C.

SUITE FOR AUGUSTUS: WAKE

ADOLESCENCE: 1

ADOLESCENCE: 2

AFIELD

AFTER READING MICKEY IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN FOR THE THIRD TIME

AFTER STORM

AGAINS REPOSE

AGAINST FLIGHT

AGOSTA THE WINGED MAN AND RASHA THE BLACK DOVE

AIRCRAFT

ALL SOULS

AMERICAN SMOOTH

AND COUNTING

ANNIVERSARY

ANTI-FATHER

ARROW

ARS POETICA

AT THE GERMAN WRITERS CONFERENCE IN MUNICH

AURORA BOREALIS

BACKYARD, 6 A.M.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

BELINDA'S PETITION

BLOWN APART

BOCCACCIO: THE PLAGUE YEARS

BOLERO

BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS

BROWN

CAMEOS

CANARY

CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA

CATHERINE OF SIENA

CENTIPEDE

CHAMPAGNE

CHOLERA

CLAUDETTE COLVIN GOES TO WORK

CLIMBIN IN

COMPANY

COMPENDIUM

CORDUROY ROAD

COURTSHIP

COURTSHIP, DILIGENCE

CRAB-BOIL

DAVID WALKER (1785-1830)

DAWN REVISITED

DAYSTAR

DEDICATION

DEFINITION IN THE FACE OF UNNAMED FURY

DELFT

DEMETER'S PRAYER TO HADES

DEMETER, WAITING

DESK DREAMS

DIALECTICAL ROMANCE

DISSOLVE

DOG DAYS, JERUSALEM

DUSTING

EARLY MORNING ON THE TEL AVIV-HAIFA FREEWAY

EASTERN EUROPEAN ECLOGUES

ELEVATOR MAN, 1949

EVENING PRIMROSE

EXEUNT THE VIOLS

EXIT

FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION

FIAMMETTA BREAKS HER PEACE

FIFTH GRADE AUTOBIOGRAPHY

FIRST KISS

FIVE ELEPHANTS

FLASH CARDS

FLIRTATION

FOR KAZUKO

FOR SOPHIE WHO'LL BE IN FIRST GRADE IN THE YEAR 2000

FOX

FOX TROT FRIDAYS

FREEDOM RIDE

GENETIC EXPEDITION

GENIE'S PRAYER UNDER THE KITCHEN SINK

GEOMETRY

GHOST WALK

GOLDEN OLDIE

GOSPEL

GOTTERDAMMERUNG

GRAPE SHERBERT

GREAT UNCLE BEEFHEART

GRIEF: THE COUNCIL

HAPPENSTANCE

HATTIE MCDANIEL ARRIVES AT THE COCONUT GROVE

HEADDRESS

HEART TO HEART

HER ISLAND

HEROES

HIS SHIRT

HISTORY

HORSE AND TREE

HULLY GULLY

IKE

IN A NEUTRAL CITY

IN THE BULRUSH

IN THE LOBBY OF THE WARNER THEATRE, WASHINGTON, DC

IN THE MUSEUM

IN THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD

JIVING

KENTUCKY, 1833

LADY FREEDOM AMONG US

LAMENTATIONS

LIGHTIN' BLUES

LINES MUTTERED IN SLEEP

LINT

LOST BRILLIANCE

LUCILLE, POST-OPERATIVE YEARS

MAGIC

MEDITATION AT FIFTY YARDS, MOVING TARGET

MEDUSA

MELENCOLIA I

MERCY

MISSISSIPPI

MOTHER LOVE

MOTHER LOVE: STATISTIC - THE WITNESS

MOTHERHOOD

MY FATHER'S TELESCOPE

NATURE'S ITINERARY

NESTOR'S BATHTUB

NEXUS

NIGGER SONG: AN ODYSSEY

NIGHT WATCH

NIGHTMARE

NOTES FROM A TUNISIAN JOURNAL

NOTHING DOWN

NOVEMBER FOR BEGINNERS

NOW

O

OBBLIGATO

OBEDIENCE

OLD FOLK'S HOME, JERASALEM

ON THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS

ON VERONICA

ONE VOLUME MISSING

OZONE

PAMELA

PARSLEY: 2. THE PALACE

PARTICULARS

PARTY DRESS FOR A FIRST BORN

PASTORAL

PEARLS

PERSEPHONE IN HELL

PERSEPHONE UNDERGROUND

PERSEPHONE, FALLING

PITHOS

PLANNING THE PERFECT EVENING

POEM IN WHICH I REFUSE CONTEMPLATION

POLITICAL

POMADE

PRIMER

PRIMER FOR THE NUCLEAR AGE

PROMISES

PROTECTION

QUAKER OATS

QUICK

READING HOLDERLIN ON THE PATIO WITH THE AID OF A DICTIONARY

RECEIVING THE STIGMATA

RECOVERY

REFRAIN

RHUMBA

RIVE D'URALE

RIVE D'URALE: ASSASSINATED STORYLINES

RIVE D'URALE: CEDAR WAXWING

RIVE D'URALE: FINGERTIP THOUGHTS

RIVE D'URALE: ONE IN THE PALM

RIVE D'URALE: THE MARCH OF PROGRESS

RIVE D'URALE: THE STUDY

ROAST POSSUM

ROBERT SCHUMANN, OR: MUSICAL GENIUS BEGINS WITH AFFLICTION

ROSA

ROSES

RUSKS

SAINTS

SAMBA SUMMER

SHAKESPEARE SAY

SIGHTSEEING

SILOS

SISTERS

SIT BACK, RELAX

SMALL TOWN

SOMEONE'S BLOOD

SONG SUMMER

SONNET

SONNET IN PRIMARY COLORS

SOPRANO

SPY

STARGAZING

STITCHES

STRAW HAT

SUMMIT BEACH, 1921

SUNDAY GREENS

SUNDAY NIGHT AT GRANDFATHER'S

TAKING IN WASH

TEOTIHUACAN

TESTIMONIAL

ABDUCTION

AFGHANI NOMAD COAT (PART V)

ANTS OF ARGOS

BIRD FRAU

BISTRO STYX

BOAST

BREATHING, THE ENDLESS NEWS

BUCKEYE

CAMEL COMES TO US FROM THE BARBARIANS

CHARM

COPPER BEECH

ENACTMENT

EVENT

GOOSE

GREAT PALACES OF VERSAILLES

GREAT PIECE OF TURF

GROUND WE WALK ON

HILL HAS SOMETHING TO SAY

HOUSE ON BISHOP STREET

HOUSE SLAVE

ISLAND WOMEN OF PARIS

KADAVA KUMBIS DEVISE A WAY TO MARRY FOR LOVE

LATE NOTEBOOKS OF ALBRECHT DURER

LEFT-HANDED CELLIST

MUSICIAN TALKS ABOUT 'PROCESS'

NARCISSUS FLOWER

ORIENTAL BALLERINA

OTHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE

PASSAGE

POND, PORCH-VIEW: SIX P.M., EARLY SPRING

ROYAL WORKSHOPS

SAHARA BUS TRIP

SAILOR IN AFRICA

SATISFACTION COAL COMPANY

SECRET GARDEN

SEVEN VEILS OF SALOME: HEROD, WATCHING

SEVEN VEILS OF SALOME: HERODIAS, IN THE DOORWAY

SEVEN VEILS OF SALOME: SALOME AWAITS HER ENTRANCE

SEVEN VEILS OF SALOME: SALOME, DANCING

SEVEN VEILS OF SALOME: THE FOOL, AT HEROD'S FEET

SISTERS: SWANSONG

SLAVE'S CRITIQUE OF PRACTICAL REASON

SNOW KING

SON

STROKE

TRANSPORT OF SLAVES FROM MARYLAND TO MISSISSIPPI

VENUS OF WILLENDORF

WAKE

ZEPPELIN FACTORY

THEN CAME FLOWERS

THIS LIFE

THOMAS AT THE WHEEL

THREE DAYS OF FOREST, A RIVER, FREE

TO BED

TOU WAN SPEAKS TO HER HUSBAND, LIU SHENG

TURNING THIRTY, I CONTEMPLATE STUDENTS BICYCLING HOME

UMOJA: EACH ONE OF US COUNTS

UNCLE MILLET

UNDER THE VIADUCT, 1932

UPON MEETING DON L. LEE, IN A DREAM

USED

VACATION

VARIATION ON GAINING A SON

VARIATION ON GUILT

VARIATION ON PAIN

WATCHING LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD AT ROGER HAGGERTY'S HOUSE

WEATHERING OUT

WHY I TURNED VEGETARIAN

WIEDERKEHR

WINGFOOT LAKE

WIRING HOME

YOUR DEATH



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