Timeline

• Jul 30, 2025: started reading.
• Aug 08, 2025: finished reading.

Review

Received this as a birthday gift from my sister earlier this year and finally cracked it open.

I enjoyed it. Not everything rang true to my ear, but maybe that’s because they are clearly COVID lockdown poems and they feel very much of that moment in time. Maybe it’s too soon for me to judge them objectively. (Or maybe it’s too late?)

She does turn a very good line, though. For example:

Am I stronger or weaker than when the year began, a lie
that joins two selves like a hinge. […]

I’m a novice when it comes to poetry, but I’d say that Limón’s style feels like Louise Glück writing in a more confessional mode. And despite my quibbles the final poem was strong and worth recommending.