Bibliograph

The carrying, poems, Ada Limón

Type

Label

The carrying, poems, Ada Limón

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The carrying

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1020295214

Responsibility statement

Ada Limón

Sub title

poems

Summary

Vulnerable, tender, acute, Limón's poems explore with honesty the ambiguous moment between the rapture of youth and the grace of acceptance-- while examining the dizzying fullness of our too-short lives. -- adapted from publisher info

Table Of Contents

1. A name ; Ancestors ; How most of the dreams go ; The leash ; Almost forty ; Trying ; On a pink moon ; The raincoat ; The vulture & the body ; American pharoah ; Dandelion insomnia ; Dream of the raven ; The visitor ; Late summer after a panic attack ; Bust ; Dead stars ; Dream of destruction ; Prey -- 2. The burying beetle ; How we are made ; The light the living see ; The dead boy ; What I want to remember ; Overpass ; The millionth dream of your return ; Bald eagles in a field ; I'm sure about magic ; Wonder Woman ; The real reason ; The year of the goldfinches ; Notes on the below ; Sundown & all the damage done ; On a lamppost long ago ; Of roots & roamers ; Killing methods ; Full gallop ; Dream of the men ; A new national anthem ; Cargo ; The contract says: we'd like the conversation to be bilingual ; It's harder -- 3. Against belonging ; Instructions on not giving up ; Would you rather ; Maybe I'll be another kind of mother ; Carrying ; What I didn't know before ; Mastering ; The last thing ; Love poem with apologies for my appearance ; Sway ; Sacred objects ; Sometimes I think my body leaves a shape in the air ; Cannibal woman ; Wife ; From the ash inside the bone ; Time is on fire ; After the fire ; Losing ; The last drop ; After his ex died ; Sparrow, what did you say?

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