To practice your scales, so to speak, in order play the symphony, is what you have to do as a young poet.
Rita DoveIf we really want to be full and generous in spirit, we have no choice but to trust at some level.
Rita DoveThere are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.
Rita DovePoetry of all the forms of literature I think is the most suited for the digital age and for the shorter attention spans and all of that. It Twitters very easily, some lyric poems and it's very easy to zip a poem to someone, so that's one of the things I think is wonderful about poetry in the digital age.
Rita Dove