Write Around Portland - Today's #breakforjoy inspiration: Ada Limón's poem "Instructions on Not Giving Up" © 2017 and two prompts: “When the leaves come…” or “What really gets to me…” Special thanks
Academy of American Poets on Instagram: ""Patient, plodding, a green skin growing over whatever winter did to us, a return to the strange idea of continuous living despite the mess of us,
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Split Rock Books on X: "Some poems for this spring we're living through. First up INSTRUCTIONS ON NOT GIVING UP by Ada Limón, which was shared with us by @anndaraabrams https://t.co/yqbB1IobH1" /
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Read A Little Poetry on X: "“a return / to the strange idea of continuous living despite / the mess of us, the hurt, the empty” — Ada Limón, from Instructions on
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