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Adaptation. It was, for a time, a loud twittering flight. of psychedelic-colored canaries: a cloud. of startle and get-out in the ornamental. irons of the rib cage. Nights when the moon. was wide like the great eye of a universal. beast coming close for a kill, it was a cave. of bitten bones and snake skins, eggshell dust,
Ada Limón became the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States in July of 2022. Limón is the author of the poetry collections The Hurting Kind (2022, Milkweed Editions); The Carrying (2018, Milkweed Editions), which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry; Bright Dead Things (2015, Milkweed Editions), a finalist for the National Book Award, the National Books Critics Circle Award ...
May 10, 2022 · On Ada Limón’s Brilliant Poetic Project. Sara Franklin Talks to the Author of The Hurting Kind. By Sara B. Franklin. May 10, 2022. In most of the world’s mythologies, spring symbolizes renewal, relief, and reprieve, a generative upswell of energy after the long, dark freeze of winter.
Below, we select and introduce ten of Ada Limón’s best poems. These are just introductions, of course: there’s every reason to go and treat yourself to one of her numerous poetry collections if these poems pique your interest.
Ada Limón (born March 28, 1976) is an American poet. [1] On July 12, 2022, she was named the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States by the Librarian of Congress. [2] [3] [4] This made her the first Latina to be Poet Laureate of the United States. [5] She is married to Lucas Marquardt. [6]
Poems. “Sanctuary,” “Forsythia,” “Intimacy,” and “Invasive,” Virginia Quarterly Review. “The Unspoken,” The Atlantic. "The Hurting Kind," The Rumpus. “Lover,” The Academy of American Poets. "The Year of the Goldfinches," The New York Times. "Privacy," The New Yorker.
Ada Limón reads five poems from her new collection, Bright Dead Things, published in September by Milkweed Editions. ADAPTATION. It was, for a time, a loud twittering flight. of psychedelic-colored canaries: a cloud.
