American Smooth (poetry collection) explained
American Smooth |
Author: | Rita Dove |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Genre: | Poetry |
Publisher: | W.W. Norton |
Release Date: | 2004 |
Media Type: | Print |
Pages: | 143 pp. |
Isbn: | 978-0-393-05987-8 |
Dewey: | 811/.54 22 |
Congress: | PS3554.O884 A77 2004 |
Oclc: | 55488060 |
Preceded By: | On the Bus with Rosa Parks |
Followed By: | Sonata Mulattica |
American Smooth is a poetry book by Rita Dove.[1]
Contents
- All souls
- "I have been a stranger in a strange land"
- Fox trot Fridays
- Ta ta cha cha
- Quick
- Brown
- Fox
- Heart to heart
- Cozy apologia
- Soprano
- Two for the Montrose drive-in
- Meditation at fifty yards, moving target
- American smooth [2]
- The castle walk
- The passage
- Noble sissle's horn
- Alfonzo prepares to go over the top
- La Chapelle. 92nd Division. Ted
- Variation on reclamation
- The return of Lieutenant James Reese Europe
- Ripont
- Chocolate
- Bolero
- Hattie McDaniel arrives at the coconut grove
- Samba summer
- Blues in half-tones, 3/4 time
- Describe yourself in three words or less
- The seven veils of Salomé
- From your valentine
- Rhumba
- The sisters: swansong.
- Evening primrose
- Reverie in open air
- Sic itur ad astra
- Count to ten and we'll be there
- Eliza, age 10, Harlem
- Lullaby
- Driving through
- Desert backyard
- Desk dreams
- Now
- Against flight
- Looking up from the page, I am reminded of this mortal coil.
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Notes and References
- Web site: American Smooth . Donahue . Cecilia . The Literary Encyclopedia. (subscription required to view full article)
- Web site: American Smooth by Rita Dove . Poetry Archive.