TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dove,Rita
TI  - American smooth: poems 
SN  - 0393059871 (hardcover)
AV  - PS3554.O884 A77 2004
U1  - 811/.54 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New York
PB  - W.W. Norton
KW  - National characteristics, American
KW  - Poetry
KW  - African Americans
KW  - marcgt
N1  - 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
ER  -