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You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World | Ada Limon
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Published in association with the Library of Congress and edited by the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate of the United States, a singular collection of poems reflecting on our relationship to the natural world by fifty of our most celebrated contemporary writers. For many years, "nature poetry" has evoked images of Romantic poets standing on mountain tops. But our poetic landscape has changed dramatically, and so has our planet. Edited and introduced by the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate of the United States, Ada Limn, this book challenges what we think we know about "nature poetry," illuminating the myriad ways our landscapes--both literal and literary--are changing. You Are Here features fifty previously unpublished poems from some of the nation's most accomplished poets, including Joy Harjo, Diane Seuss, Rigoberto Gonzlez, Jericho Brown, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Paul Tran, and more. Each poem engages with its author's local landscape--be it the breathtaking variety of flora in a national park, or a lone tree flowering persistently by a bus stop--offering an intimate model of how we relate to the world around us and a beautifully diverse range of voices from across the United States. Joyful and provocative, wondrous and urgent, this singular collection of poems offers a lyrical reimagining of what "nature" and "poetry" are today, inviting readers to experience both anew.
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Anthology. Not so much nature in these nature poems, but maybe that‘s the point. Faves: Patricia Smith‘s “To Little Black Girls, Risking Flower,” Hanif Abdurraqib‘s “There Are More Ways to Show Devotion” spider rebuilding, Jericho Brown‘s “Aerial View” giraffe. 2024

P 20 Diane Seuss
There is something in suburban rabbits /
that has evolved toward wickedness

P29 José Olivarez
i say to myself when the what wheres all up in the how now – trees!

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A nearly perfect collection.

I was unfamiliar with most of the poets in this collection, and it‘s almost overwhelming how good their work is here. After reading it once I‘ve been going through it again to mark some of my favorites and I find that I‘m marking almost every one of them! 😅

Truly, the only thing that could improve this would be a poem from Mrs. Limon herself.

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April is National Poetry Month and 24th Poet Laureate of the United States, Ada Limon, has gifted us with this beautiful collection!

It‘s a gorgeous book with gorgeous writing and I‘m totally in love!

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