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Born in August 28, 1952 / United States / English

Poems by Rita Dove

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Canary

... ) Fact is, the invention of women under siege  ...

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Dusting

... Each dust stroke a deep breath and ...

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Banneker

... sweet with the rot of spring, he could see ...

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There Came a Soul

... s tent over the wounded, swaddled shapes that moaned  ...

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The Secret Garden

...   and the doves scattered upwards, flying to mothers,  ...

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Lines Composed on the Body Politic: An Accounting

... more than this stockpile of words, their liquid solicitude ...