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The transcript is a poetic piece titled "The End of Poetry" by Ada Limón, the current U.S. Poet Laureate. It expresses a yearning for authentic connection and a desire to move past the conventions and tropes that have dominated poetry, urging for a more raw and vulnerable expression of the human experience.
Through a series of declarative statements, Limón rejects the familiar motifs and imagery that have become commonplace in poetry, such as nature symbolism, religious allusions, and metaphors about the struggles of life. She expresses a weariness with the abstractions and distancing devices that have traditionally characterized the art form.
In the closing lines, Limón makes a plea for direct, unmediated human connection, asking the reader or listener to "touch me." The poem seems to be a call for a more visceral, embodied form of expression that transcends the limitations of language and speaks to the core of the shared human condition.
Key Episodes Takeaways
- Ada Limón, the current U.S. Poet Laureate, expresses a desire to move past the conventional tropes and devices that have dominated poetry.
- She rejects the use of familiar natural imagery, religious allusions, and existential metaphors that have become clichés in the art form.
- Limón calls for a more raw, vulnerable form of poetic expression that transcends the limitations of language and speaks directly to the shared human experience.
- The poem seems to be a plea for authentic, unmediated human connection and a rejection of the abstractions and distancing devices that have traditionally characterized poetry.
- Limón's piece represents a yearning for a more visceral, embodied form of artistic expression that eschews convention in favor of a direct exploration of the human condition.
Top Episodes Quotes
- “Enough of osseous and chickadee and sunflower and snowshoes, maple and seeds, samara and shoot, enough kioskaro, enough of thus and prophecy and the stoic farmer and faith and our father and tis of thee.“ by Ada Lee Mone
- “Enough of bosom and bud skin and God not forgetting and star bodies and frozen birds.“ by Ada Lee Mone
- “Enough of the will to go on and not go on or how a certain light does a certain thing.“ by Ada Lee Mone
- “I am human enough. I am alone and I am desperate.“ by Ada Lee Mone
- “I am asking you to touch me.“ by Ada Lee Mone
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On Being with Krista Tippett
On Being Studios
6/28/24