Ada Limón doesn't want all the answers

Wild Card with Rachel Martin

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 991 Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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As U.S. Poet Laureate, Ada Limón has focused her attention on the natural world, most recently editing a collection of nature poems, titled You Are Here. But Limón's ability to see what others often overlook goes beyond nature. Limón talks with Rachel about learning to forgive yourself, the smell of her grandparents' dueling fudge recipes and a premonition she once had.

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1:12.9	When's the last time you forgave yourself for something? This morning. Great. Top of mind. The nice thing about
1:21.0	being in my mid-two-late 40s, uh, Yeah, I forget myself all the time.
1:30.4	I have to.
1:36.1	I'm Rachel Martin, and this is Wildcard, the game where cards control the conversation.
1:42.1	Each week, my guest chooses questions at random.
1:44.3	Pick a card one through three.
1:48.4	Questions about the memories, insights, and beliefs that have shaped their lives.
1:55.0	I am a very sensitive person, and so either it's sort of all walls or there's no walls, and I have to find that middle ground.
2:00.2	My guest today is a poet, and I'm going to start our episode with an excerpt of one of her poems.
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