The liquid like her tears are disappointing and smoke can kill you, so can heartbreak! And I think that everyone’s ready to fall in love rather than be broken hearted. She should have told him how she felt or that she cared perhaps but it’s too late. The you can be the person and the rich attentions so promising but so distant and she realizes that she didn’t move in fast enough and now he’s gone out of her life. Pleasure seeker, if i let you youd liquefy everywhere. Developed film has a velvety presence it’s sleek and you can hold it between finger and thumb. Chocolate by Rita Dove Velvet fruit, exquisite square I hold up to sniff between finger and thumb - how you numb me with your rich attentions If I dont eat you quickly, youll melt in my palm. Pleasure seeker, if i let you you'd liquefy everywhere. Wikipedia Weekly Poem: Rita Dove Reads 'Chocolate' PBS NewsHour 3.5M subscribers. POEMS Rita Dove Chocolate Velvet fruit, exquisite square I hold up to sniff between finger and thumb - how you numb me with your rich attentions If I don't eat you quickly, you'll melt in my palm. With Easter come and gone, I thought I'd lighten the mood just a bit and share a poem about something near to my heart. Women when they get sad indulge in ice cream (too hard for a broken heart am I right?) or boxes of, you guessed it, chocolate! Anyways what if in the midst of a heartbreak she personifies her love and mood on this chocolate whereas if she was holding a picture of the former lover perhaps she could be melted, or numbed. Weekly Poem: Rita Dove Reads 'Chocolate' - YouTube 0:00 / 0:38 PBS is an American public broadcast service.

At find thousands of poems categorized into thousands of categories. Man I gotta make this “appropriate” now? :p okay I’ll try my best.Īnyways I think the chocolate can also be a photograph. 49 Dove Poems ranked in order of popularity and relevancy.

Chocolate by rita dove