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Poems by This Author

Adolescence II by Rita Dove Although it is night, I sit in the bathroom, waiting. from Crossing State Lines [Shirtsleeved afternoons] by Rita Dove Shirtsleeved afternoons Ludwig Van Beethoven's Return to Vienna by Rita Dove Three miles from my adopted city Reunion 2005 by Rita Dove The Bistro Styx by Rita Dove She was thinner, with a mannered gauntness The Spring Cricket Considers the Question of Negritude by Rita Dove Vacation by Rita Dove I love the hour before takeoff Weathering Out by Rita Dove She liked mornings the best—Thomas gone