Have you ever heard a good ... by Rita Dove, an American Poet

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“Have you ever heard a good joke? If you've ever heard someone just right, with the right pacing, then you're already on the way to poetry. It's about using words in very precise ways and using gesture.”

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Name: Rita Dove

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Aug 28, 1952

Profession: Poet

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When we are touched by something it's as if we're being brushed by an angel's wings.

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For many years, I thought a poem was a whisper overheard, not an aria heard.

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It's unfortunate that sometimes in schools, there's this need to have things quantified and graded.

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The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that, for a minute, the clouds have parted and I've seen ecstasy or something.

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My father is a chemist, my mother was a homemaker. My parents instilled in us the feeling that learning was the most exciting thing that could happen to you, and it never ends.

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