Collected Poems: 1974–2004
By: Rita Dove
4.24
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
Finalist for the 2016 National Book Award Finalist for the 2017 NAACP Image Award Three decades of…
Want to Read $ 9.99"PITHOS Climb into a jar and live for a while. Chill earth. No stars in this stone sky. You have ceased to ache. Your spine is a flower."-Rita Dove, Collected Poems: 1974–2004
"PITHOS Climb into a jar and live for a while. Chill earth. No stars in this stone sky. You have ceased to ache. Your spine is a flower."-Rita Dove, Collected Poems: 1974–2004
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Format: None pages, Paperback
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20. Collected Poems: 1974–2004
By: Rita Dove
4.24
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
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