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Sometimes a word is found so right it trembles at the slightest explanation.

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Rita Dove
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: August 28
Essayist
Poet
Professor
Writer
Akron
Ohio
Rita Frances Dove
Trembles
Slightest
Explanation
Word
Found
Right
Sometimes

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We should always do something that makes us feel like a child again. Keep learning, no matter what it is.
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I change jobs like drinking water ... And as I grow accustomed to the new flavor of a drink I regard as delicious, yes, vital, something fades, life balks. So I break camp I shed skins.
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If you can't be free, be a mystery.
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I was appointed Poet Laureate. It came totally out of the blue because most Poet Laureates had been considerably older than I. It was not something that I even had begun to dream about!
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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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If we really want to be full and generous in spirit, we have no choice but to trust at some level.
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I think that when a poem can move readers across generations and across its specific class or race then it becomes truly classic.
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I believe people may have a predisposition for artistic creativity. It doesn't mean they're going to make it.
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I carry a notebook with me everywhere. But that's only the first step.
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