US poet laureate Ada Limón to launch e book and parks venture ‘You Are Right here’

NEW YORK — The U.S. poet laureate, Ada Limón, is launching her meant signature venture in April, which is Nationwide Poetry Month.
The venture is known as “You Are Right here” and consists of an anthology of nature poems and visits to seven nationwide parks.
“I needed one thing that would each reward our sacred and pure wonders and likewise communicate the complicated truths of this pressing time,” Limón stated in a press release launched Wednesday by the Library of Congress. “It might appear simpler to give up to the overwhelm of the world’s challenges proper now, however I imagine that singing out, providing one thing again to the earth, noticing our connection to the planet, might assist us all transfer ahead collectively in a robust means.”
On April 2, Milkweed Editions, in affiliation with the Library of Congress, will publish “You Are Right here: Poetry within the Pure World,” which features a foreword by Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, an introduction by Limón, and poems from Pleasure Harjo, Jericho Brown and Carl Phillips, amongst others.
In June, Limón will start “You Are Right here: Poetry in Parks,” which incorporates Cape Cod Nationwide Seashore in Massachusetts, Nice Smoky Mountains Nationwide Park in North Carolina and Tennessee, and Cuyahoga Valley Nationwide Park in Ohio, together with stops by the poet laureate in 4 different states. Every go to will function poetry installations, dedicating works by Mary Oliver, June Jordan and Lucille Clifton, together with others.
The park occasions can be coordinated with the Nationwide Park Service and the Poetry Society of America.