American Smooth (poem)
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''American Smooth'' is a poetry book by Rita Dove.


Contents

* ''All souls'' * "I have been a stranger in a strange land" * Fox trot Fridays * Ta ta cha cha * Quick * Brown * Fox * Heart to heart * Cozy apologia * Soprano * Two for the Montrose drive-in * Meditation at fifty yards, moving target * American smooth * The castle walk * The passage * Noble sissle's horn * Alfonzo prepares to go over the top * La Chapelle. 92nd Division. Ted * Variation on reclamation * The return of Lieutenant James Reese Europe * Ripont * Chocolate * Bolero * Hattie McDaniel arrives at the coconut grove * Samba summer * Blues in half-tones, 3/4 time * Describe yourself in three words or less * The seven veils of Salomé * From your valentine * Rhumba * The sisters: swansong. * Evening primrose * Reverie in open air * Sic itur ad astra * Count to ten and we'll be there * Eliza, age 10, Harlem * Lullaby * Driving through * Desert backyard * Desk dreams * Now * Against flight * Looking up from the page, I am reminded of this mortal coil.


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