Heart to Heart by Rita Dove

This poem is about finding words for the human heart and all the emotions we ascribe to it.

Rita Dove was born in Akron, Ohio, on August 28, 1952. A poet and writer, she was a high school Presidential Scholar and graduated with a BA in English from Miami University of Ohio in 1973. She then studied German poetry as a Fulbright scholar at Universität Tübingen before getting an MFA in creative writing from the University of Iowa. Dove’s work traverses a wide range of landscapes, applying an unflinching eye upon historical and political events.

You can read the poem here:

https://poets.org/poem/heart-heart