— Ada Limón, Crush (via lunamonchtuna)

From "Before" by Ada Limón

When I tell you "whatever state you are, I'll be that state's bird" made me audibly gasp

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The Carrying, Ada Limón.

Interview With The Vampire // 520 Studios // Bright Dead Things, Ada Limon // The 17-Year-Old & the Gay Bar, Danez Smith // Sara Teasdale // unknown // The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson // The Raven Boys, Maggie Stiefvater // unknown // Song of Myself, Walt Whitman // Citizen Illegal, José Olivarez // Virginia Woolf // unknown // unknown // Dear Dictator, Saint Motel // Litany in Which Certain Things Are Crossed Out, Richard Siken // David Levithan // The Hours, Michael Cunningham // Sue Zhao // Teaching the Dog Not to Nip, Jim Moore

Ada Limón, from a poem titled "Late Summer After a Panick Attack", featured in The Carrying: Poems