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RITA DOVE

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Poems found: 377

2E2. TRANSATLANTIC CROSSING. THIRD DAY.

A HILL OF BEANS

ABDUCTION

ADOLESCENCE: 1

ADOLESCENCE: 1

ADOLESCENCE: 2

ADOLESCENCE: 2

ADOLESCENCE: 3

AFGHANI NOMAD COAT (PART V)

AFIELD

AFIELD

AFTER READING MICKEY IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN FOR THE THIRD TIME

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

AMERICAN SMOOTH

AND COUNTING

ANNIVERSARY

ANTI-FATHER

ANTI-FATHER

ANTS OF ARGOS

ARROW

ARS POETICA

ARS POETICA

AT THE GERMAN WRITERS CONFERENCE IN MUNICH

AURORA BOREALIS

BACKYARD, 6 A.M.

BANNEKER

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

BELINDA'S PETITION

BIRD FRAU

BISTRO STYX

BLOWN APART

BLOWN APART

BOAST

BOCCACCIO: THE PLAGUE YEARS

BOLERO

BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS

BREATHING, THE ENDLESS NEWS

BROWN

BUCKEYE

CAMEL COMES TO US FROM THE BARBARIANS

CAMEOS

CANARY

CANARY

CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA

CATHERINE OF SIENA

CENTIPEDE

CHAMPAGNE

CHARM

CHOLERA

CLAUDETTE COLVIN GOES TO WORK

CLAUDETTE COLVIN GOES TO WORK

CLIMBIN IN

COMPANY

COMPENDIUM

COPPER BEECH

CORDUROY ROAD

COURTSHIP

COURTSHIP, DILIGENCE

COZY APOLOGIA; FOR FRED

CRAB-BOIL

CRAB-BOIL

DAVID WALKER (1785-1830)

DAWN REVISITED

DAWN REVISITED

DAYSTAR

DAYSTAR

DEDICATION

DEFINITION IN THE FACE OF UNNAMED FURY

DELFT

DEMETER'S PRAYER TO HADES

DEMETER'S PRAYER TO HADES

DEMETER, WAITING

DESCRIBE YOURSELF IN THREE WORDS OR LESS

DESK DREAMS

DIALECTICAL ROMANCE

DISSOLVE

DOG DAYS, JERUSALEM

DUSTING

DUSTING

EARLY MORNING ON THE TEL AVIV-HAIFA FREEWAY

EASTERN EUROPEAN ECLOGUES

ELEVATOR MAN, 1949

ENACTMENT

EVENING PRIMROSE

EVENT

EXEUNT THE VIOLS

EXIT

FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION

FATHER OUT WALKING ON THE LAWN

FIAMMETTA BREAKS HER PEACE

FIFTH GRADE AUTOBIOGRAPHY

FIFTH GRADE AUTOBIOGRAPHY

FIRST KISS

FISH IN THE STONE

FIVE ELEPHANTS

FLASH CARDS

FLASH CARDS

FLIRTATION

FLIRTATION

FOR KAZUKO

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

FOX

FOX TROT FRIDAYS

FREEDOM RIDE

FREEDOM RIDE

GENETIC EXPEDITION

GENIE'S PRAYER UNDER THE KITCHEN SINK

GEOMETRY

GEOMETRY

GHOST WALK

GHOST WALK

GOLDEN OLDIE

GOOSE

GOSPEL

GOSPEL

GOTTERDAMMERUNG

GRAPE SHERBERT

GRAPE SHERBERT

GREAT PALACES OF VERSAILLES

GREAT PIECE OF TURF

GREAT UNCLE BEEFHEART

GRIEF: THE COUNCIL

GROUND WE WALK ON

HADES' PITCH

HAPPENSTANCE

HATTIE MCDANIEL ARRIVES AT THE COCONUT GROVE

HEADDRESS

HEART TO HEART

HEART TO HEART

HER ISLAND

HER ISLAND

HEROES

HEROES

HILL HAS SOMETHING TO SAY

HILL OF BEANS

HIS SHIRT

HIS SHIRT

HISTORY

HISTORY

HORSE AND TREE

HOUSE ON BISHOP STREET

HOUSE SLAVE

HULLY GULLY

I HAVE BEEN A STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND'

IKE

IN A NEUTRAL CITY

IN THE BULRUSH

IN THE LOBBY OF THE WARNER THEATRE, WASHINGTON, DC

IN THE LOBBY OF THE WARNER THEATRE, WASHINGTON, DC

IN THE MUSEUM

IN THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD

ISLAND WOMEN OF PARIS

ISLAND WOMEN OF PARIS

JIVING

KADAVA KUMBIS DEVISE A WAY TO MARRY FOR LOVE

KENTUCKY, 1833

KENTUCKY, 1833

L'OPERA

LADY FREEDOM AMONG US

LAMENTATIONS

LATE NOTEBOOKS OF ALBRECHT DURER

LEFT-HANDED CELLIST

LIGHTIN' BLUES

LINES COMPOSED ON THE BODY POLITIC: AN ACCOUNTING

LINES MUTTERED IN SLEEP

LINT

LOST BRILLIANCE

LOST BRILLIANCE

LUCILLE, POST-OPERATIVE YEARS

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN'S RETURN TO VIENNA

MAGIC

MAGIC

MEDITATION AT FIFTY YARDS, MOVING TARGET

MEDITATION AT FIFTY YARDS, MOVING TARGET

MEDUSA

MELENCOLIA I

MERCY

MISSISSIPPI

MOTHER LOVE

MOTHER LOVE

MOTHER LOVE: STATISTIC - THE WITNESS

MOTHERHOOD

MUSICIAN TALKS ABOUT 'PROCESS'

MY FATHER'S TELESCOPE

MY FATHER'S TELESCOPE

MY MOTHER ENTERS THE WORK FORCE

NARCISSUS FLOWER

NATURE'S ITINERARY

NESTOR'S BATHTUB

NEXUS

NIGGER SONG: AN ODYSSEY

NIGHT WATCH

NIGHTMARE

NOTES FROM A TUNISIAN JOURNAL

NOTHING DOWN

NOVEMBER FOR BEGINNERS

NOVEMBER FOR BEGINNERS

NOW

O

O

OBBLIGATO

OBEDIENCE

OLD FOLK'S HOME, JERASALEM

OLD FOLK'S HOME, JERUSALEM

ON THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS

ON VERONICA

ONE VOLUME MISSING

ONE VOLUME MISSING

ORIENTAL BALLERINA

OTHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE

OZONE

PAMELA

PARSLEY

PARSLEY: 2. THE PALACE

PARTICULARS

PARTY DRESS FOR A FIRST BORN

PASSAGE

PASTORAL

PEARLS

PERSEPHONE IN HELL

PERSEPHONE UNDERGROUND

PERSEPHONE UNDERGROUND

PERSEPHONE, FALLING

PERSEPHONE, FALLING

PITHOS

PLANNING THE PERFECT EVENING

POEM IN WHICH I REFUSE CONTEMPLATION

POLITICAL

POLITICAL

POMADE

POMADE

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

PRIMER

PRIMER FOR THE NUCLEAR AGE

PRIMER FOR THE NUCLEAR AGE

PROMISES

PROTECTION

PROTECTION

QE2. TRANSATLANTIC CROSSING. THIRD DAY.

QUAKER OATS

QUICK

READING HOLDERLIN ON THE PATIO WITH THE AID OF A DICTIONARY

READING HOLDERLIN ON THE PATIO WITH THE AID OF A DICTIONARY

RECEIVING THE STIGMATA

RECOVERY

REFRAIN

REUNION 2005

REVERIE IN OPEN AIR

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

ROAST POSSUM

ROBERT SCHUMANN, OR: MUSICAL GENIUS BEGINS WITH AFFLICTION

ROSA

ROSA

ROSES

ROSES

ROYAL WORKSHOPS

RUSKS

RUSKS

SAHARA BUS TRIP

SAILOR IN AFRICA

SAINTS

SAMBA SUMMER

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

SHAKESPEARE SAY

SIGHTSEEING

SILOS

SILOS

SISTERS

SISTERS: SWANSONG

SIT BACK, RELAX

SIT BACK, RELAX

SITUATION IS INTOLERABLE'

SLAVE'S CRITIQUE OF PRACTICAL REASON

SMALL TOWN

SMALL TOWN

SNOW KING

SOMEONE'S BLOOD

SON

SONG SUMMER

SONNET

SONNET IN PRIMARY COLORS

SONNET IN PRIMARY COLORS

SOPRANO

SPY

STARGAZING

STITCHES

STRAW HAT

STRAW HAT

STROKE

SUITE FOR AUGUSTUS: 1963

SUITE FOR AUGUSTUS: AUGUSTUS OBSERVES THE SUNSET

SUITE FOR AUGUSTUS: BACK

SUITE FOR AUGUSTUS: D.C.

SUITE FOR AUGUSTUS: WAKE

SUMMIT BEACH, 1921

SUNDAY GREENS

SUNDAY NIGHT AT GRANDFATHER'S

TAKING IN WASH

TAKING IN WASH

TEACH US TO NUMBER OUR DAYS'

TEOTIHUACAN

TESTIMONIAL

TESTIMONIAL

THE BISTRO STYX

THE BOAST

THE BREATHING, THE ENDLESS NEWS

THE ENACTMENT

THE EVENT

THE FISH IN THE STONE

THE GREAT PALACES OF VERSAILLES

THE GREAT PIECE OF TURF

THE HOUSE SLAVE

THE PASSAGE

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

THE SATISFACTION COAL COMPANY

THE SECRET GARDEN

THE SITUATION IS INTOLERABLE'

THE SPRING CRICKET CONSIDERS THE QUESTION OF NEGRITUDE

THE VENUS OF WILLENDORF

THE WAKE

THE ZEPPELIN FACTORY

THEN CAME FLOWERS

THERE CAME A SOUL

THIS LIFE

THOMAS AT THE WHEEL

THREE DAYS OF FOREST, A RIVER, FREE

TO BED

TOU WAN SPEAKS TO HER HUSBAND, LIU SHENG

TRANSPORT OF SLAVES FROM MARYLAND TO MISSISSIPPI

TURNING THIRTY, I CONTEMPLATE STUDENTS BICYCLING HOME

UMOJA: EACH ONE OF US COUNTS

UMOJA: EACH ONE OF US COUNTS

UNCLE MILLET

UNDER THE VIADUCT, 1932

UNDER THE VIADUCT, 1932

UPON MEETING DON L. LEE, IN A DREAM

USED

USED

VACATION

VACATION

VARIATION ON GAINING A SON

VARIATION ON GUILT

VARIATION ON PAIN

VENUS OF WILLENDORF

WAKE

WATCHING LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD AT ROGER HAGGERTY'S HOUSE

WATCHING LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD AT ROGER HAGGERTY'S HOUSE

WEATHERING OUT

WEATHERING OUT

WHY I TURNED VEGETARIAN

WIEDERKEHR

WINGFOOT LAKE

WINGFOOT LAKE

WIRING HOME

YOUR DEATH

ZEPPELIN FACTORY



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