Ada Limon's Reading List

"Wilkinson always has a way of saying it true and making me weep."

"I think that I trusted it's Unknowing and its mystery in a way that I distrusted maybe other forms of writing."

"this is like a self-care poem I almost think that this poem could be used for as a meditation I think it's definitely a writing prompt too"

"I loved the idea of secret worlds, anything where another parallel universe of magical creatures lived. Especially a secret world that can be accessed by rage or loneliness. I loved the idea that magic existed, but we just didn’t always notice it. Actually, let’s be honest, I still love that idea. I continue to believe magic is real somewhere and we just have to find it. I felt the same way about C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia . Some part of me is always opening closets and expecting a..."