“The End of Poetry” by Ada Limón

On Being with Krista Tippett

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🗓️ 28 June 2024

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

An impassioned plea, a yearning for connection — the poem U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón wrote when she says all language failed her. Take in Ada's reading of her piece, “The End of Poetry” — and hear her read more of her work in the On Being episode, “To Be Made Whole.”

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0:00.0	The end of poetry, written and read by Ederly Moen. own.
0:15.0	Enough of aseus and chickadee and sunflower and snowshoes,
0:21.0	maple and seeds,
0:23.2	Samar and shoot.
0:25.3	Enough Kioskuro, enough of thus and prophecy,
0:29.2	and the stoic farmer and faith and our father,
0:32.1	and tis of thee.
0:33.0	Enough of bosom and bud, skin and God not forgetting,
0:37.0	and star bodies and frozen birds.
0:40.0	Enough of the will to go on and not go on or how a certain light does a certain thing
0:47.1	enough of the kneeling and the rising and the looking inward and the looking up
0:52.0	enough of the gun the drama and the looking up. Enough of the gun, the drama, and the acquaintance of suicide,
0:56.0	the long lost letter on the dresser.
0:58.0	Enough of the longing and the ego and the obliteration of ego.
1:02.0	Enough of the mother and the child and the father and the child,
1:06.0	and enough of pointing to the world weary and desperate.
1:10.0	Enough of the brutal and the border,
1:12.0	enough of, can you see Enough of can you see me?
1:14.2	Can you hear me?
1:15.5	Enough I am human.
1:17.4	Enough I am alone and I am desperate.
1:20.8	Enough of the animal saving me. enough of the high water, enough sorrow, enough
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