People write me from all over the country, asking me, and sometimes even telling me, what they think a poet laureate should do. I found that immensely valuable.
Being true to yourself really means being true to all the complexities of the human spirit. - Rita Dove
Being true to yourself really means being true to all the complexities of the human spirit.
- Rita Dove
Poetry connects you to yourself, to the self that doesn't know how to talk or negotiate. - Rita Dove
Poetry connects you to yourself, to the self that doesn't know how to talk or negotiate.
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
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.
The library is an arena of possibility, opening both a window into the soul and a door onto the world. - Rita Dove
The library is an arena of possibility, opening both a window into the soul and a door onto the world.
Everybody who's anybody longs to be a tree. - Rita Dove
Everybody who's anybody longs to be a tree.
Sometimes a word is found so right it trembles at the slightest explanation. - Rita Dove
Sometimes a word is found so right it trembles at the slightest explanation.
There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints. - Rita Dove
There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.
You have to imagine it possible before you can see something. You can have the evidence right in front of you, but if you can't imagine something tha… - Rita Dove
You have to imagine it possible before you can see something. You can have the evidence right in front of you, but if you can't imagine something tha…
I prefer to explore the most intimate moments, the smaller, crystallized details we all hinge our lives on. - Rita Dove
I prefer to explore the most intimate moments, the smaller, crystallized details we all hinge our lives on.
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