This departure by Thomas would eventually bring him to Akron, Ohio and Beulah. Beulah meets Thomas. A deep breath, and she plunged through sunbeams and kisses, rice drumming the both of them blind. In that, most natural of processes after marriage comes children. It's a girl, he can tell by that smirk.
Dove poetizes the emotional subject of sickness and death in several poems in the collection.
Rita Dove received the Pulitzer Prize for this work in 1987. Many considered the eighties a time of upsurge in the popularity of poetry with increases in published works as proof. Poetry can speak for a people and to a people if only given the chance. Rita Dove was the first African American appointed as the Poet Laureate of the United States in 1993 and the youngest at the age of forty to hold the post. For a complete listing of article comments, questions, and other discussions related to Walter Benefield's African American Literature and Poetry topic, please visit the Discussions page .