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You Are Here

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 Lim�n, 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 You Are Here features fifty previously unpublished poems from some of the nation's most accomplished poets, including Joy Harjo, Diane Seuss, Rigoberto Gonz�lez, Jericho Brown, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Paul Tran,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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You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World | Ada Limon

Lunch & book shopping with my 3 sisters today- so much laughter & book talk!
#NationalPoetryMonth #vacation

Tamra Lucky you! 😊 1w

dabbe Oh, I love Brewster! I was lucky enough to vacation there with my best friend from college after we graduated from U of A. Her parents own a cottage there. Her mom still lives there, and she's in her 90s! I'm glad you had such a wonderful time. 🩵💙🩵 1w

kspenmoll @dabbe My parents lived there & died in their 90s there. Great elderly services. My older sister now owns their home, but she has made it hers. I love it-she is the artistic one in the family. 7d

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dabbe @kspenmoll How cool is that? I just adore Cape Cod. I hope to go there this fall with my BFF to celebrate our 60th birthdays this year. 🧡🍁🧡 7d

kspenmoll @dabbe I really hope you both can celebrate there! Fall is such a beautiful time- and many places remain open! 7d

dabbe @kspenmoll If we do, you're going to have to find some time to come back and join us for lunch or something! 😍 6d

kspenmoll @dabbe That would be fun! Keep me posted! 6d

dabbe @kspenmoll 👍🏻 6d

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You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World | Ada Limon

Meh

so-so

Some poets took the title literally with trees, a cactus, parks, the ocean and other natural places central to their prose. Other contributors described their internal “here.” It was less engaging than I had hoped. Some favorites: When the fact of your gaze…, Aia I Hea Ka…, Unendangered Moths, Remembering a honeymoon and To think of Italy… Only 3 ⭐️ for this collection.

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You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World | Ada Limon

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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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You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World | Ada Limon

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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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You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World | Ada Limon

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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