More From Rita Dove
- "There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest is how I want to promote poetry."
- "I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding."
- "The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that, for a minute, the clouds have parted and I’ve seen ecstasy or something."
More In Age
- "Life expectancy in many parts of Africa can be something around the age of thirty five to thirty eight. I mean you’re very fortunate if you live to that age. In fact when I went to Uganda for the first time one of the things that occurred to me was that I saw very few elderly people."― Annie Lennox
- "Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, “Why not?” and the other, “Why bother?”"― Sydney J. Harris
- "I’m at the age where food has taken the place of sex in my life. In fact, I’ve just had a mirror put over my kitchen table."― Rodney Dangerfield