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Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal.

There are many Adelimoans that appear in the pages of her book,

Stardlement, which gathers new and selected poems together.

There's a Limon who is a creature of constant awe, marvelling at the natural world,

quote, how could a dandelion seed head seemingly grow overnight? There's the love poet Limone, writing her way

towards her current partner, finding him and love imploring, say you'd still want this, us alive right here,

feeling lucky. And there's the poet of remembrance and temporary exile. Limone, both the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States and the girl who grew up working

at the bookstore on the square in Sonoma, looking across, not back at her life, and aching

for Brooklyn or Glen Ellen or even Kentucky.

Sometimes, as she writes, quote, a memory of an event is better than the event itself.

Who was she across time? A changeling, a drunk waxwing, a body dissolving in the rain. And what was

her subject? This line from the same thing sums it up. You say you love the world. So love the

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