‘Poetry is Language at its’ — Rita Dove Quote Tee | Wear Words Black-on-White Literary Tee — Muscle Tank

“Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.” Rita Dove — the first Black U.S. Poet Laureate, appointed in 1993 — has long defended poetry as language boiled down to its most concentrated form. Every word carries maximum weight, which is what makes a poem land harder than a paragraph ten times its size.

**Bella+Canvas 3483 — Muscle Tank (Black only for now, Color finish).** A white option isn’t available from our printer at the moment — we’ll add it the moment it is. 100% combed & ring-spun cotton, 4.2 oz, 30 singles. Unisex muscle fit, crew neck, cut-off sleeves, wide armholes, side-seamed, pre-shrunk. Care: machine wash cold with like colors, tumble dry low, no bleach, cool iron inside-out (never iron the print).