Consider reading Ada Limóns collections as whole units instead of just individual poems. The collections often have thematic and even narrative arcs that allow the poems to exist in the context of each other that provide richer meaning and more complexity. The Carrying is her most critically acclaimed collection of poems, though Bright Dead Things and The Hurting Kind have also been very well-received.
The poetry of Ada Limón is often compared to the late poet Mary Oliver's work. Like Limón's, Oliver's poetry often uses a plethora of nature imagery in service of her observations about human nature and our relationships with ourselves, each other, and the natural world.
Because Ada...
