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Startlement: New and Selected Poems by Ada Limon (poetry)
Ever since I met Limón on her last book tour in Santa Barbara, I have been enamored by her poetry. I pre-ordered this, her latest book and read it in one sitting. Once you've heard a poet read, you can still hear them on the page years later.
Limon was the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States. Her poems are poignant and tender. She explores various poetic forms and has written some lovely prose poems, one of my favorite forms. Her poems are a reminder for all of us to pay attention, notice new revelations and to live in wonder.
I ear-marked a number of pages in the collection. Here's an excerpt of one of my favorites:
"The Quiet Machine"— "I'm learning so many different ways to be quite./There's how I stand in the lawn, that's one way./ There's also how I stand in the field a cross the street, that's another way because I'm farther from people that there form ore likely to be alone./ There's how I don't answer the phone, and how I sometimes like to lie down on the kitchen floor and pretend I'm not home when people knock."
This collection would make a lovely holiday gift for your favorite person!
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