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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. 1w

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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. 🧡🍁🧡 1w

kspenmoll @dabbe I really hope you both can celebrate there! Fall is such a beautiful time- and many places remain open! 1w

dabbe @kspenmoll If we do, you're going to have to find some time to come back and join us for lunch or something! 😍 1w

kspenmoll @dabbe That would be fun! Keep me posted! 1w

dabbe @kspenmoll 👍🏻 1w

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Honeybeebooks

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

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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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Pinta

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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BC_Dittemore

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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BC_Dittemore

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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MittenGirlPeach

Lions | Ann Elwood

-7 here in Michigan today, but we‘re warm from the glow of our first playoff win in 32 years! I‘m planning a day of reading and tea. I need to post challenge pics and my bingo card too. Stay warm, MittenLittens, and all who are in the track of blizzards and frigid temps!

TheSpineView Yikes! If a day is in the mid 40s here people think we have moved Antarctica.😅 1y

MittenGirlPeach @TheSpineView we don‘t get weather like this as often anymore, but it is COLD out there. Our old English sheepdog was like—“yeah, no. Did my business, now let‘s go in Dad!” 1y

TheSpineView @MittenGirlPeach Smart dog!💜🐾 1y

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AmyG Go Lions! I was so thrilled for them!!! 🦁 1y

MittenGirlPeach @AmyG it‘s been so joyous! Grown men sobbing in the stands! And getting verklempt in our house. 😉🧡 1y

Chelsea.Poole Congrats on the win! 1y

MittenGirlPeach @Chelsea.Poole thank you so much! 🧡 1y

RamsFan1963 @MittenGirlPeach Congrats on the Lions victory on Sunday. I hated to see my Rams lose, but if it had to happen, I'm glad it was Goff and the Lions they lost to and not the Cowgirls. 1y

MittenGirlPeach @RamsFan1963 awww, thank you! Now we get to host another game, which is fabulous. Sooo happy for Jared too. 1y

RamsFan1963 @MittenGirlPeach The Lions will have no problem with the Bucs, so I'm excited to see them play the 49ers (probably) in the NFC Championship game 1y

MittenGirlPeach @RamsFan1963 🤞! So hope you‘re right! This season has been super stressful. We‘re not used to so much being on the line! 1y

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actualdisneyprincess

Braiding Sweetgrass | Robin Wall Kimmerer

Recommended by one of my favorite people in the whole world, this is such a beautiful book. 🥹😍 #braidingsweetgrass #robinwallkimmerer #botany #naturalworld #indigenouswisdom #earthday #indigenouspeoples

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kspenmoll

When the Stars Go Dark: A Novel | Paula McLain

#krummholz #bentwood #twistedtrees #Mendocino #naturalworld

The author‘s descriptive language is beautifully crafted,lush,lyrical, & immerses me in Anna‘s natural world.

Texreader I do love that! This book is on my tbr list 3y

kspenmoll @Texreader Its so good on so many levels. Tough subjects but handled realistically. 3y

BiblioLitten Those kind of tree branches remind me of my University campus🤎 3y

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Anna40

The Singing Creek where the Willows Grow: The Mystical Nature Diary of Opal Whiteley : with a Biography and an Afterword | Benjamin Hoff, Opal Stanley Whiteley

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I loved Benjamin Hoff's short introduction/biography of Opal Whiteley. Wow! How this child's / young woman's talent, voice and brilliant mind were squelched by her environment and the time is horrific. Who knows what she could have become if she had lived today. Her diary is extraordinary, but not for me. Still, a beautiful book that should be read.

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