American Smooth (poetry collection)

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.