Mother Love Poems [Paperback]

In settings as various as a patio in Arizona, the bistros and boulevards of Paris, the sun-drenched pyramids of Mexicoand directly from the Greek myth itselfRita Dove explores this relationship and the dilemma of letting go.This volume shows DovePulitzer Prize winner, novelist, and 1993-95 U.S. Poet Laureateat the height of her poetic powers.Calling upon the ancient Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone,