Great Regulars: Rita Dove: Right.

And I think one of the things that people tend to forget is that poets do write out of life. It isn't some set piece that then gets put up on the shelf, but that the impetus, the real instigation for poetry is everything that's happening around us.

from Jeffrey Brown: PBS: Newshour: In Anthology, Rita Dove Connects American Poets' Intergenerational Conversations
then Jeffrey Brown: PBS: Newshour: Friday on the NewsHour: Rita Dove

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