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I think Rita Dove might be my new favorite poet!

This, for me, is a near perfect undertaking. There is so much thought and effort put into the framing of the collection. Dove is not afraid to use classic structures, classic rhyming. Nor is she afraid to display her intellectual tendencies or childish whimsies. The way she latches onto the very thread of everyday cognition to describe it poetically is nothing short of mastery. I have goosebumps.

#poetrymatters #vast

Sunday spring day. Windows open, sunshine in. Seagulls calling. 玄米茶 (brown rice tea) in my cup, book in hand.

It's still National Poetry Month, and I am reading “Playlist for the Apocalypse“ by Rita Dove, Pulitzer Prize winner and former U.S. Poet Laureate. #poetrymonth #nationalpoetrymonth #poetrymatters #poetry #Sunday #sundayvibes

Beautiful! I especially liked the poems about chronic illness.

Her first new collection in twelve years, Rita Dove's latest book shows why she is a Pulitzer winner and one of our best living poets. She explores the joys and pains of living and history in her unique poetic voice that goes from anger to elation with breathtaking beauty. Highly recommended.

Some of my favorite lines:

From "Beside the Golden Door"
"Truth would say these are // arrogant times. Believers slaughter their doubters / while the greedy oil their lips with excuses / and the righteous turn merciless; the merciful, mad."

From "Ode on a Shopping List Found in Last Season's Shorts"
"who could have known there would be / no more road trips to buy for, no place to go but // home?"