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

Rita Dove

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Rita Dove
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: August 28
Essayist
Poet
Professor
Writer
Akron
Ohio
Rita Frances Dove
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Creation
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Touched

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