The Hurting Kind is a collection of poetry by the US Poet Laureate Ada Limón. I enjoyed it. I listened to an audiobook of her reading it and I recommend that. Her voice adds a lot. A bit like Mary Oliver but not as focused on nature as Mary Oliver (but there is a lot of nature, animals, bird, plants, flowers, etc.).
So I am going to post one of my favorites and link to the others.
The Magnificent Frigatebird by Ada Limon
Is it okay to begin with the obvious? I am full of stones—
is it okay not to look out this window, but to look out another?
A mentor once said, You can't start a poem with a man looking
out a window. Too many men looking out a window.
What about a woman? Today is a haunting. One last orange
on the counter: it is a dead fruit. We swallow dead things.
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So I am going to post one of my favorites and link to the others.
The Magnificent Frigatebird by Ada Limon
Is it okay to begin with the obvious? I am full of stones—
is it okay not to look out this window, but to look out another?
A mentor once said, You can't start a poem with a man looking
out a window. Too many men looking out a window.
What about a woman? Today is a haunting. One last orange
on the counter: it is a dead fruit. We swallow dead things.
( Read more... )