Today is the start of National Poetry Month, and we’re delighted to tell you of our big upcoming poetry event: on Thursday, April 17th, Ada Limón will return to our historic Coolidge Auditorium for her closing event as U.S. Poet Laureate. As per tradition, Ada will give a lecture—hers is titled “Against Breaking: On the Public & Private Power of Poetry.”
Tickets are still available here for the event, but don’t wait too long!
Ada has been one of our busiest and most impactful poets laureate, as you regular “Bookmarked” readers know. Last summer we posted a travelogue of her “Poetry in Parks” initiative trips to national parks across the country—here are some photos her final two trips this winter. First, on December 3rd Ada and Library Literary Director Clay Smith traveled to Saguaro National Park outside Tuscon, Arizona:




After Hurricane Milton scuttled our October trip to Everglades National Park in Southern Florida, we rescheduled for January 31st—and the weather could not have been better!




We hope you will join us the 17th to help us say good-bye to Ada and celebrate her historic three-year appointment.
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Ada Limon — I don’t have the words for the gift of having lived long enough (86yrs) to read her words that are strong, moving, funny, loving (under her mother’s raincoat all those years) surprising, strengthening…
I love the photos of her in the Parks and have read and enjoyed “You Are Here” anthology.
Thank you Ada Limon for the person and poet you are.