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Ada Limón Reads Jennifer L. Knox

The New Yorker: Poetry

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Exploring the Ambiguous Endings and Themes in Poetry

Ada Limon's poem 'State Bird' is analyzed, focusing on the ambiguity in its ending and the theme of absence. The conversation reflects on the element of surprise in poetry creation and contrasts leaving behind something to start afresh with the multiple possibilities found in Jennifer L. Knox's poem.

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