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— Rita Dove, Canary

“There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.” – Rita Dove CARTER™️ Magazine carter-mag.com #wherehistoryandhiphopmeet #historyandhiphop365 #cartermagazine #carter #ritadove #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #history #staywoke https://www.instagram.com/p/CV0BaVkLfXs/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Snow would be the easy way out—that softening sky like a sigh of relief at finally being allowed to yield. No dice. We stack twigs for burning in glistening patches but the rain won’t give. So we wait, breeding mood, making music of decline. We sit down in the smell of the past and rise in a light that is already leaving. We ache in secret, memorizing a gloomy line or two of German. When spring comes we promise to act the fool. Pour, rain! Sail, wind, with your cargo of zithers!

In Celebration of Black History: a poem by Rita Dove. #blackhistorymonth #blackppl #blackhistorymonth365 #blackhistory #blackhistorymonth #ritadove #poetry #poetryisnotdead #poetrylives #womanpoet #blackwomanpoet #poetrycommunity #blackhistory2021 (at Huntsville, Alabama) https://www.instagram.com/p/CK5wE59FubR/?igshid=1jvog4fusrowj

Sun, December 6, 2020 "The library is an arena of possibility, opening both a window into the soul and a door onto the world." - Rita Dove ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ #ritadove #ritadovequotes #ritadovequote #quotesaboutlibraries #librariesaremorethanbooks #librariesareimportant #dictionarycom #dictionarycomquote #shelfawareness @shelf.awareness @dictionarycom https://www.instagram.com/p/CIeamX_HaXw/?igshid=t3a8nrjhzd24

“Let it be said...while in the midst of horror we fed on beauty — and that, my love, is what sustained us.” - #ritadove (at One World Trade Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/CD1vwd_jfzn/?igshid=12hstck54drr5

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