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emelynreads's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.0
Dreamy prose with love for the natural world sprinkled throughout. I particularly liked: Dead Stars, New National Anthem, Instructions On Not Giving Up, and The Last Drop.
Content Warnings
Minor: Grief, Miscarriage, Death, Pregnancy, and Infertility
peggy_racham's review against another edition
4.5
"I can’t help it. I will never get over making everything such a big deal."
For the first time in my life, I think I understand my mother. Ada Limón first got me with Bright dead things and this is yet another amazing book.
For the first time in my life, I think I understand my mother. Ada Limón first got me with Bright dead things and this is yet another amazing book.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Infertility, Animal death, Death, Pregnancy, and Grief
savvylit's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
"Even now, I don't know much about happiness. I still worry and want an endless stream of more, but some days I can see the point in growing something, even if it's just to say I cared enough."
This is the second Ada Limón collection that I have read and loved. Thus, Limón has officially cemented herself as one of my favorite poets of all time. Her words effortlessly blend the deeply personal with the universal. For instance, in confessing her difficulty becoming pregnant, Limón does more than merely lament. She begins to see and experience motherhood in a multitude of everyday acts of care. Even amidst heartbreak, Limón's keen observational eye gifts readers with an earth-based hope that is then woven throughout The Carrying.
As I read this collection, I took photos of poems that I loved and sent them via text - mostly to my partner. That's not something I find myself doing very often. However, there's just something about Ada Limón's poetry that begs to be shared.
This is the second Ada Limón collection that I have read and loved. Thus, Limón has officially cemented herself as one of my favorite poets of all time. Her words effortlessly blend the deeply personal with the universal. For instance, in confessing her difficulty becoming pregnant, Limón does more than merely lament. She begins to see and experience motherhood in a multitude of everyday acts of care. Even amidst heartbreak, Limón's keen observational eye gifts readers with an earth-based hope that is then woven throughout The Carrying.
As I read this collection, I took photos of poems that I loved and sent them via text - mostly to my partner. That's not something I find myself doing very often. However, there's just something about Ada Limón's poetry that begs to be shared.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Pregnancy, Grief, and Miscarriage
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