'What we need right now is tenderness,' former poet laureate Ada Limón says By Tonya Mosley Published October 6, 2025 at 8:58 AM PDT Facebook Email Listen • 36:50 Limón's work documents everything from kingfisher birds to the cosmos itself. "I'm embracing my strangeness," she says of her poetry. Her new collection is Startlement. Copyright 2025 NPR