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vishnu_agni: Courage has nothing to do with our determination to be great. It has to do with what we decide in that moment when we are called upon to be more.- Rita Dove Integrity in the moment of choice- I find this the hardest..

parisreview: “I’m proud that I’ve helped contribute to what’s happening today. It’s hard to say that kind of stuff about oneself without sounding like you’re bragging, but it’s true.” From our Art of Poetry interview with Rita Dove in our new Spring issue.

ojalart: “I’m proud that I’ve helped contribute to what’s happening today. It’s hard to say that kind of stuff about oneself without sounding like you’re bragging, but it’s true.” From our Art of Poetry interview with Rita Dove in our new Spring issue.

kalt96401: Equality and self-determination should never be divided in the name of religious or ideological fervor.,Rita Dove,Name, Never, Divided ,

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aliner: Even though Fred and I really divided up the tending of our daughter, Aviva— he would do four hours, I would do four hours— there were times when I just wanted to go somewhere and disappear. - Rita Dove

ojalart: “I believe that if you’re a poet and there is something you are passionate about, regardless of what it is, it will nourish the poetry.” From our Art of Poetry interview with Rita Dove.

parisreview: “I believe that if you’re a poet and there is something you are passionate about, regardless of what it is, it will nourish the poetry.” From our Art of Poetry interview with Rita Dove.

TheBibliotecha: Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful. – Rita Dove

rlmasseyMD: I also left thinking about whether I can find a day off to fly up & see the show again with my med school bestie so we can discuss. Either way, I’ll be contemplating it for a while. Currently, while reading the end of “Canary” by Rita Dove. See it while you can, and take friends

parisreview: “I was elbow-deep in taffeta and still writing … Sometimes I’d give up on a draft, turn to my sewing machine, and in the middle of stitching a seam would find the solution for an enjambment.” Read our interview with Rita Dove in our new Spring issue.

ivadixit: Just recalling this from Rita Dove’s Paris Review interview and I will forever be hung up on him using धमनीं (artery, which carries blood away from the heart) instead of नस (vein, which transports blood to the heart) as a poetic device!!

ojalart: “I was elbow-deep in taffeta and still writing … Sometimes I’d give up on a draft, turn to my sewing machine, and in the middle of stitching a seam would find the solution for an enjambment.” Read our interview with Rita Dove in our new Spring issue. …

ojalart: “If you write—and more importantly, choose to publish—something that may hurt somebody you love, you have to take their emotions into account.” From our Art of Poetry interview with Rita Dove in our new Spring issue.

parisreview: “If you write—and more importantly, choose to publish—something that may hurt somebody you love, you have to take their emotions into account.” From our Art of Poetry interview with Rita Dove in our new Spring issue.

vic_reader: 'Craft allows me to open myself to the page—allows the emotions, the confessions, to infuse the work.' The Art of Poetry No. 113

UnitedBlackOrg: "On the Bus with Rosa Parks: Poems (E-Book)

ojalart: “I told myself, Thank goodness those poets proclaimed Black is beautiful, because now I can talk about how Black is everything.” From our Art of Poetry interview with Rita Dove in our new Spring issue.

TheProseApp: Bad confessional poetry has always raised my hackles, because it goes skewering in deep, exclaiming, Ooh, look at all this blood! But I'm like, No one's interested in your blood. Make me bleed as I'm reading. - Rita Dove

parisreview: “I told myself, Thank goodness those poets proclaimed Black is beautiful, because now I can talk about how Black is everything.” From our Art of Poetry interview with Rita Dove in our new Spring issue.

librarybookbot: ‘The whole sky is yours / to write on, blown open / to a blank page.’ — rita dove, Dawn Revisited

Elgonstore: Rita Frances Dove is an American poet and essayist who served as the first black American Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1987.

SophieHaigney: Online now and coming to newsstands near you: the new Paris Review, including interviews with Olga Tokarczuk, Rita Dove, and Mary Gaitskill

ojalart: Our Spring issue is here—featuring interviews with Mary Gaitskill, Rita Dove, and Olga Tokarczuk; prose by Marie NDiaye and Elisa Gonzalez; poetry by Nam Le and D. S. Marriott; art by Tabboo! and Henry Taylor; a cover by Peter Doig; and more. …

parisreview: Our Spring issue is here—featuring interviews with Mary Gaitskill, Rita Dove, and Olga Tokarczuk; prose by Marie NDiaye and Elisa Gonzalez; poetry by Nam Le and D. S. Marriott; art by Tabboo! and Henry Taylor; a cover by Peter Doig; and more.

ojalart: “Bad confessional poetry has always raised my hackles, because it goes skewering in deep, exclaiming, Ooh, look at all this blood! But I’m like, No one’s interested in your blood. Make me bleed as I’m reading.” From our interview with Rita Dove. …

parisreview: “Bad confessional poetry has always raised my hackles, because it goes skewering in deep, exclaiming, Ooh, look at all this blood! But I’m like, No one’s interested in your blood. Make me bleed as I’m reading.” From our interview with Rita Dove.

RusingaFestival: “Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.” —Rita Dove Happy World Poetry Day!

CoachKLockley: Good morning !! "There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints." –Rita Dove

nawi61735: Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.,Rita Dove,Powerful, Language ,

wyrmwright: my thought on retellings of hades and persephone is that more people should read Rita Dove

apowersb: "This is the only power you hold onto, ripped from the dreams none of you believe are worth the telling. Instead of mumbling, why not decorate? Even in dim light how you glister, sloe-eyed, your smile in flames." — Rita Dove, Girls On the Town, 1946

047_www: Women invented misery, but we don't understand it.,Rita Dove, On the Bus With Rosa Parks,life, misery, poetry, understanding, women,

munawar__Z: "Rap is only one end of a whole spectrum of verbal play and virtuosity. Rap is geared for aural pleasure." - Rita Dove MUNAWAR X JASSIE MV OUT TMRW

escribescribe: Poet's Choice: Rita Dove Choose a Poem by Sandra Cisneros

Problem_Club: CHARACTERS: Yajerit (Rita) Parash, Bella Dove De Rossi, Minerva Tierney Burgundy, Akihi Kalwat PROMPT: Friends with benefits

ansfavwords: I called softly so you could choose not to answer--then called again. You turned in the light, your eyes seeking your name. Rita Dove

ConsueloPoet: Former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove reflects on her Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry collection and her grandparents' love | Iowa Public Radio

unorigusername: “She knew what she was and so was capable of anything anyone could imagine.” —Rita Dove, “Fox”

Mary_McCray: "The Fish in the Stone" Rita Dove

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CistFlames2530: There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest is how I want to promote poetry.,Rita Dove,Reading, Plan, Library ,

deannamascle: Girls On the Town, 1946 by Rita Dove - Poems |

TheBibliotecha: Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful. – Rita Dove

MARYMWITHIGA23: My father is a chemist, my mother was a homemaker. My parents instilled in us the feeling that learning was the most exciting thing that could happen to you, and it never ends.,Rita Dove,Father, Mother, Parents ,

LuckyErica3: Demeter's Prayer to Hades BY Rita Dove. This alone is what I wish for you: knowledge. To understand each desire has an edge, to know we are responsible for the lives we change. No faith comes without cost, no one believes without dying. /1

EivindAksel: We just want to land or / be landed on. (Caroline Bird) Saying I was brave, I resisted, / I set myself on fire. (Louise Glück) all are consumed / all are involved (Martin Carter) Sometimes / a word is found so right it trembles / at the slightest explanation. (Rita Dove)

rogueclassicist: (7) Rita Dove in conversation with Helene Foley - YouTube

feddamilano: "Any fear, any memory will do; and if you've got a heart at all, someday it will kill you." Rita Dove, Collected Poems 1974-2004

ilya_poet: Who comforts you now that the wheel has broken the bodies of its makers? Beyond the smoke and ashes, what you hear rising is nothing but the wind. Who comforts you? Now that the wheel has broken, grief is the constant. Hope: the last word spoken. --Rita Dove

hahahatsuna: if anyone is curious my favorite poems are probably “parsley” by Rita dove, “perchance to dream” by Franny Choi, and “I wonder if I will miss the moss” by Jane mead

garethgwyn: Being true to yourself really means being true to all the complexities of the human spirit. Rita Dove

sailornor: "In working on a poem, I love to revise. Lots of younger poets don't enjoy this, but in the process of revision I discover things." - Rita Dove

faye_snowden: On this last day of the intentional celebration of Black history, I thought I'd post this. Among other things, they highlight Rita Dove's poem Canary. It has one of my favorite lines of poetry-- If you can't be free, be a mystery.

ABEPMN: In 1993 Rita Dove became the youngest person and first African American to be named United States Poet Laureate, an honor she held until 1995. For more, visit

StarkLibrary: Did you know that the youngest person and the first African-American to hold the post of poet laureate of the United States is from Akron? Rita Dove was selected poet laureate in 1993. Check out some of her works in our catalog:

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KOICHI_613: “There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.” - Rita Dove

KiraOsborn666: "We sit down in the smell of the past and rise in a light that is already leaving. We ache in secret," -Rita Dove

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write4wellbeing: ‘Every time I sit down to write, I try to feel that I’m starting over. It’s all new. It’s all fresh, and I’m learning as we go.’ — Rita Dove

HollyLynWalrath: "Prose is like walking through the garden, and a poem is like looking down a well in the garden" --Rita Dove

realdotunadeoye: "There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints." Rita Dove The easy path is criticism. Innovation is a practical solution to daily challenges. Are you taking advantage of the world around you today to innovate?

comedyflyer: Rita Dove’s poem “Canary” about Billie Holiday is below. You can hear Ms. Dove read the poem at the link:

toddedillard: "I am unbearable (and I know this): still, nothing turns the gold to corn" Rita Dove is always knocking me flat

brian_simoneau: “I'll not ask for the impossible; / one learns to walk by walking.” —Rita Dove, “Demeter Mourning” from MOTHER LOVE (Norton, 1995)

apowersb: "but I can’t open it: there’s no key. I can’t wear it on my sleeve, or tell you from the bottom of it how I feel. Here, it’s all yours, now— but you’ll have to take me, too." Rita Dove, Heart to Heart

StreetLevelTech: Each day during Black History Month, I'll post a link to a poem by a Black author. Day 17: Canary by Rita Dove

therealwfg: “There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.” – Rita Dove, African American poet and author.

StoutSearch: Stout Tip of the Day: There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints. - Rita Dove

atime_forchange: The Inspiring Story of Rita Dove, the First Black Woman US Poet Laureate

PSUpresents: A Standing Witness is a collab between Grammy Award-winning composer Richard Danielpour & former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove. In it, multiple “testimonies” are narrated by a figure embedded in American history. 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21 at Eisenhower Auditorium.

DionysianLove: Welcome to day 16 of “Black History with Dr. Chels”! Time to recognize these pioneers in the arts! First, meet Rita Dove. From 1993 to 1995, Dove served as the nation’s first African American poet laureate. She also won a Pulitzer Prize for a collection of poems in 1987.

holypopexd: i had a dove, and my sweet dove died… rita dove

WitWisdomELA: 4th grade students conclude module 1 with a poem by Rita Dove, “Heart to Heart.” Rita was the youngest person — and the first African American named US poet laureate in 1993. Read the entire poem here.

BNN_Television: Outside the sun has rolled up her rugs and night strewn salt across the sky. My heart is humming a tune I haven’t heard in years! Rita Dove (Flirtation) Happy Valentine's Day!

Problem_Club: PAIRING: Minerva Tierney Burgundy/Jacquard Delacroix SUPPORTING CHARACTERS: Natalia Dering, Yajerit (Rita) Parash, Samppa Kanerva, Bella Dove De Rossi, Shaun Cecil Meyrick PROMPT: Stranded

ForTheTape: After all, there’s no need to say anything at first. An orange, peeled and quartered, flares like a tulip on a wedgewood plate Anything can happen. Rita Dove

bedevilledcat: Chocolate by Rita Dove Velvet fruit, exquisite square I hold up to sniff between finger and thumb - how you numb me with your rich attentions! If I don't eat you quickly, you'll melt in my palm. Pleasure seeker, if i let you you'd liquefy everywhere. 1/2

ilya_poet: After all, there’s no need to say anything at first. An orange, peeled and quartered, flares like a tulip on a wedgewood plate Anything can happen. --Rita Dove

POETSorg: —Rita Dove, "Happenstance"

Godgift64107811: There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest is how I want to promote poetry. -Rita Dove kalim~ SUMBUL GRACING BB16 FINALE

Godgift64107811: Instead of trying to come up and pontificate on what literature is, you need to talk with children, to teachers, and make sure they get poetry in the curriculum early. -Rita Dove kalim~ SUMBUL GRACING BB16 FINALE

Godgift64107811: I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding. -Rita Dove kalim~ SUMBUL GRACING BB16 FINALE

Godgift64107811: Have you ever heard a good joke? If you've ever heard someone just right, with the right pacing, then you're already on the way to poetry. It's about using words in very precise ways and using gesture. -Rita Dove kalim~ SUMBUL GRACING BB16 FINALE

Godgift64107811: The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that, for a minute, the clouds have parted and I've seen ecstasy or something. -Rita Dove kalim~ SUMBUL GRACING BB16 FINALE

Godgift64107811: I try to show what it is about language and music that enthralls, because I think those are the two elements of poetry. -Rita Dove kalim~ SUMBUL GRACING BB16 FINALE

dasam: African American poet Rita Dove

dasam: African American poet Rita Dove

PamHortonLife: If we really want to be full and generous in spirit, we have no choice but to trust at some level. ~Rita Dove~

DemsAbroadChina: Rita Dove is a celebrated poet and essayist. She wrote “Canary” for Michael S. Harper and about the famous jazz singer, Billie Holiday. The author calls on all women to persist - to challenge the confines of the cages they may find themselves in.

holyforbizzle: My most streamed female/non-male artists on Spotify ever: 1. Demi Lovato 2. Sabrina Carpenter 3. Miley Cyrus 4. Taylor Swift 5. Olivia Rodrigo 6. Ariana Grande 7. Rita Ora 8. Avril Lavigne 9. Hilary Duff 10. Lindsay Lohan 11. Britney Spears 12. Dove Cameron 13. Katelyn Tarver

eerbiaer: Heart to Heart By Rita Dove It's neither red nor sweet. It doesn't melt or turn over, break or harden, so it can't feel pain, yearning, regret. It doesn't have a tip to spin on, it i

POETSorg: I can’t wear it on my sleeve, or tell you from the bottom of it how I feel. Here, it’s all yours, now— but you’ll have to take me, too. —Rita Dove

TCTheatrePeeps: “If you don't look back, the future never happens.”—- Rita Dove, “Dawn Revisited”

US_AU: “Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful. It’s like a bouillon cube: You carry it around and then it nourishes you when you need it,” said then–U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove, Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1993 to 1995.

EverythingCoop: There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints." – Rita Dove

MAD_lines: "I wish someone had told me that my stories are really mine to tell. in other words, anything that I think is important or that has moved me has the ability to move somebody else." ~rita dove

NifMuhammad: Touched down in Columbus and went straight from the airport to Thurber House to cheer on the young folks at the Poetry Out Loud semifinals. Was dope to see the homie Jesufewa, the lone Columbus City Schools participant (from Beechcroft!) — he performed Rita Dove beautifully.

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