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American smooth : poems / Rita Dove.
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- ISBN: 0393059871 (hardcover) :
- Physical Description: 143 p. ; 22 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, c2004.
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| Subject: | National characteristics, American > Poetry. African Americans > Poetry. |
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American Smooth - Poems
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Table of Contents
American Smooth - Poems
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Fox Trot Fridays | p. 13 | |
| All Souls' | p. 15 | |
| "I have been a stranger in a strange land" | p. 17 | |
| Fox Trot Fridays | p. 19 | |
| Ta Ta Cha Cha | p. 20 | |
| Quick | p. 22 | |
| Brown | p. 23 | |
| Fox | p. 25 | |
| Heart to Heart | p. 26 | |
| Cozy Apologia | p. 28 | |
| Soprano | p. 30 | |
| Two for the Montrose Drive-In | p. 32 | |
| Meditation at Fifty Yards, Moving Target | p. 36 | |
| American Smooth | p. 39 | |
| Not Welcome Here | p. 41 | |
| The Castle Walk | p. 43 | |
| The Passage | p. 46 | |
| Noble Sissle's Horn | p. 57 | |
| Alfonzo Prepares to Go Over the Top | p. 59 | |
| La Chapelle. 92nd Division. Ted. | p. 60 | |
| Variation on Reclamation | p. 62 | |
| The Return of Lieutenant James Reese Europe | p. 65 | |
| Ripont | p. 67 | |
| Twelve Chairs | p. 71 | |
| Blues in Half-Tones, 3/4 Time | p. 87 | |
| Chocolate | p. 89 | |
| Bolero | p. 90 | |
| Hattie McDaniel Arrives at the Coconut Grove | p. 92 | |
| Samba Summer | p. 95 | |
| Blues in Half-Tones, 3/4 Time | p. 97 | |
| Describe Yourself in Three Words or Less | p. 99 | |
| The Seven Veils of Salome | p. 100 | |
| From Your Valentine | p. 104 | |
| Rhumba | p. 107 | |
| The Sisters: Swansong | p. 112 | |
| Evening Primrose | p. 115 | |
| Evening Primrose | p. 117 | |
| Reverie in Open Air | p. 118 | |
| Sic Itur Ad Astra | p. 119 | |
| Count to Ten and We'll Be There | p. 121 | |
| Eliza, Age 10, Harlem | p. 122 | |
| Lullaby | p. 123 | |
| Driving Through | p. 125 | |
| Desert Backyard | p. 127 | |
| Desk Dreams | p. 128 | |
| Now | p. 132 | |
| Against Flight | p. 134 | |
| Looking Up from the Page, I Am Reminded of This Mortal Coil | p. 136 | |
| Notes | p. 139 | |
| Acknowledgments | p. 141 | |
| Biographical Note | p. 143 |
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