It's the Thunderdome of Poetry: two books (from the same poet) enter. Only one book leaves. We've got the books up on Instagram if you want to play along! @breakingformpod Buy books authored by the poets we've referred to at Loyalty Books, a terrific Black-owned bookstore.Check out Ada Limón's website here. The website has the correct publishing order of her fabulous books.You can view Tracy K. Smith's poem "History" here, in its journal of first publication, Callaloo, Vol. 27, No. 4, Contemporary African-American Poetry: A New Wave (Autumn, 2004), pp. 876-882 (7 pages).Poet Sun Signs:Aries:Ada LimónJericho BrownTracy K. SmithTaurus:Louise Glück.Jorie Graham Carolyn ForchéGeminis:Denise Duhamel Anne Carson is most likely a Gemini (June 21).Amy ClampittLeosCarl Phillips Rita DoveMark DotyJohn AshberyLi-Young LeeVirgos:Natalie DiazLinda GreggScorpio:Terrance HayesSharon OldsSylvia PlathSagittarians:Lynda HullCapricornsDavid SedarisDorianne Laux (Her book Only As the Day is Long: New and Selected was a finalist for the Pulitzer in 2020, when Jericho Brown's The Tradition won. The other finalist was Mary Ruefle's Dunce).Aquarians:Elizabeth BishopNone of the authors we listed were Libras, Cancers, or Pisceans.

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