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4.28 AVERAGE
4.28 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Perhaps I should have expected a collection named The Hurting Kind to resonate with me, and yet here I am, completely taken aback by just how strongly it sang to me.
This is my first experience with Ava, and it will not be my last. I decided to listen to the audiobook, as I tend to favour hearing poetry in the poet’s own voice, and I’m never disappointed by that decision.
She tackles grief, love, family, nature, a yearning for connection, amongst so many other topics, and what stood out to me was hope. Hope, despite the greyness of the world; despite the horrors of our current times and the promise of more yet to come. The unyielding human spirit in its desire to love and be loved; to see and be seen; to know and be known.
Truly a beautiful collection, and one I shall return to.
This is my first experience with Ava, and it will not be my last. I decided to listen to the audiobook, as I tend to favour hearing poetry in the poet’s own voice, and I’m never disappointed by that decision.
She tackles grief, love, family, nature, a yearning for connection, amongst so many other topics, and what stood out to me was hope. Hope, despite the greyness of the world; despite the horrors of our current times and the promise of more yet to come. The unyielding human spirit in its desire to love and be loved; to see and be seen; to know and be known.
Truly a beautiful collection, and one I shall return to.
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Best poetry collection I’ve read in years. Breathtaking and perspective-shifting.
Took my time & read this collection slowly and with purpose. There’s a fantastic podcast by Ezra Klein she talks on and knowing Ada Limon the person before you start to get to know Ada Limon the poet, enriches the poems more than if you were to stumble upon them. This collection sparkles, that’s about as much as I can say ✨
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
I read this in one sitting because I was so enthralled. However, I also felt like these poems were all the same mood and carried the same themes, so I worried if I set them down and picked them back up later I would feel like I was repeating something I’d already read.
Limón’s experiences growing up with and relating with the natural world around her bursts forth from every poem. There is a vibrating frustration with humankind’s insistence on dominating the natural world. In some selections, the frustration is enough to punch through the crust like a geyser, but it eventually settles, leaving the reader off balance and unable to predict the next outburst.
Limón also writes about being raised in two households and being split between a birth father and a step father, I can’t help but wonder if the erratic frustrations of her poetry are reflecting the juxtaposition of her two childhood homes.
She describes flora and fauna with such skill and ease that it makes the reader feel like they aren’t connected enough with the world around them. I found myself marveling at her descriptions of the different birds that would come to the bird feeder, the blooming flowers and blossoming trees that she seems to always be surrounded by, and the series of critters and other fauna in which she finds her own self reflected back at her. This collection made me want to run out to the woods, to the meadows and streams, and whisper to the natural world around me, “I see you. I cherish you. I’ll protect you.”
Limón’s experiences growing up with and relating with the natural world around her bursts forth from every poem. There is a vibrating frustration with humankind’s insistence on dominating the natural world. In some selections, the frustration is enough to punch through the crust like a geyser, but it eventually settles, leaving the reader off balance and unable to predict the next outburst.
Limón also writes about being raised in two households and being split between a birth father and a step father, I can’t help but wonder if the erratic frustrations of her poetry are reflecting the juxtaposition of her two childhood homes.
She describes flora and fauna with such skill and ease that it makes the reader feel like they aren’t connected enough with the world around them. I found myself marveling at her descriptions of the different birds that would come to the bird feeder, the blooming flowers and blossoming trees that she seems to always be surrounded by, and the series of critters and other fauna in which she finds her own self reflected back at her. This collection made me want to run out to the woods, to the meadows and streams, and whisper to the natural world around me, “I see you. I cherish you. I’ll protect you.”
I love Ada limon and I hate rating poetry. There were some highlights in this collection—especially the poem Hooky. She’s wonderful but many of these poems didn’t quite grab me. Still, I’d likely recommend this book.