Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Carrying: Poems by Ada Limón

18 reviews

nikki_flowers's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

This books has remarked my love of poetry. Limón’s contemplations of womanhood, motherhood, the nation, have seeped deep in my bones. From them, new life has grown. Thank you Limón, for helping me find soul and beauty again.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility and Grief

Minor: Animal death, Death, Racism, Sexism, Dementia, Abortion, Death of parent, and Deportation

bdvflip's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility

Moderate: Death

alyssapusateri's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infertility, and Miscarriage

Minor: Dementia, Abortion, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

emelynreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

Dreamy prose with love for the natural world sprinkled throughout. I particularly liked: Dead Stars, New National Anthem, Instructions On Not Giving Up, and The Last Drop.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Grief, and Pregnancy

itsradsmads's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Infertility

Minor: Death and Dementia

yinflower's review against another edition

hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death

peggy_racham's review

4.5

"I can’t help it. I will never get over making everything such a big deal."

For the first time in my life, I think I understand my mother. Ada Limón first got me with Bright dead things and this is yet another amazing book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Infertility, Grief, and Pregnancy

jazhandz's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility and Grief

Moderate: Death

rxmya's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Miscarriage, and Suicidal thoughts

savvylit's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

"Even now, I don't know much about happiness. I still worry and want an endless stream of more, but some days I can see the point in growing something, even if it's just to say I cared enough."

This is the second Ada Limón collection that I have read and loved. Thus, Limón has officially cemented herself as one of my favorite poets of all time. Her words effortlessly blend the deeply personal with the universal. For instance, in confessing her difficulty becoming pregnant, Limón does more than merely lament. She begins to see and experience motherhood in a multitude of everyday acts of care. Even amidst heartbreak, Limón's keen observational eye gifts readers with an earth-based hope that is then woven throughout The Carrying.

As I read this collection, I took photos of poems that I loved and sent them via text - mostly to my partner. That's not something I find myself doing very often. However, there's just something about Ada Limón's poetry that begs to be shared.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Grief, and Pregnancy