American smooth : poems /
Dove, Rita.
American smooth : poems / Rita Dove. - 1st ed. - New York : W.W. Norton, c2004. - 143 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Fox Trot Fridays : 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. Not Welcome Here : 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. Twelve Chairs. Blues in Half-Tones, 3/4 Time : -- 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 Salome -- From your Valentine -- Rhumba -- The Sisters: Swansong. Evening Primrose : -- 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.
0393059871 (hardcover)
2004011793
National characteristics, American--Poetry.
African Americans--Poetry.
Poetry.
PS3554.O884 / A77 2004
811/.54
American smooth : poems / Rita Dove. - 1st ed. - New York : W.W. Norton, c2004. - 143 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Fox Trot Fridays : 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. Not Welcome Here : 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. Twelve Chairs. Blues in Half-Tones, 3/4 Time : -- 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 Salome -- From your Valentine -- Rhumba -- The Sisters: Swansong. Evening Primrose : -- 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.
0393059871 (hardcover)
2004011793
National characteristics, American--Poetry.
African Americans--Poetry.
Poetry.
PS3554.O884 / A77 2004
811/.54