17:I[66739,["/_next/static/chunks/0.3dg.jzl0xwf.js?dpl=dpl_8p6Q5JakrWnro1WkLdLhx7ayTbu2","/_next/static/chunks/0s3w63gp9~d8s.js?dpl=dpl_8p6Q5JakrWnro1WkLdLhx7ayTbu2","/_next/static/chunks/0kllbnt_hzshd.js?dpl=dpl_8p6Q5JakrWnro1WkLdLhx7ayTbu2","/_next/static/chunks/053zyoym-_i67.js?dpl=dpl_8p6Q5JakrWnro1WkLdLhx7ayTbu2","/_next/static/chunks/0u2ayibg4ahb..js?dpl=dpl_8p6Q5JakrWnro1WkLdLhx7ayTbu2","/_next/static/chunks/0i99rkyrer3ax.js?dpl=dpl_8p6Q5JakrWnro1WkLdLhx7ayTbu2"],"default"] 19:I[38632,["/_next/static/chunks/0qqtp3r0h7kah.js?dpl=dpl_8p6Q5JakrWnro1WkLdLhx7ayTbu2","/_next/static/chunks/0iukvycbd42rl.js?dpl=dpl_8p6Q5JakrWnro1WkLdLhx7ayTbu2"],"IconMark"] 18:T4fc, U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón recently edited and introduced You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World, a collection of poems by writers like Joy Harjo and Jericho Brown that pays homage to landscapes across the United States. In today's episode, Limón joins NPR's Rachel Martin to play a game for the new podcast Wild Card. They discuss some pivotal moments in Limón's life marked by natural scenery, like a creek she played in growing up and a big realization she had about her fertility while swimming in the Chesapeake Bay — and go beyond that into conversations about grandparents, memory and mortality.

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Ada Limón talks forgiveness, ghosts and fertility on 'Wild Card'

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Ada Limón talks forgiveness, ghosts and fertility on 'Wild Card'