The POL anthology includes works by current U.S. Poet Laureate, Ada Limón.
Ada Limón is the 24th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. Ada Limón was born in Sonoma, California, in 1976 and is of Mexican ancestry. She is the author of six poetry collections and the winner of many prestigious literary awards. She earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from New York University and is the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, and the Kentucky Foundation for Women.
How to Triumph Like a Girl
By Ada Limón
I like the lady horses best, how they make it all look easy, like running 40 miles per hour is as fun as taking a nap, or grass. I like their lady horse swagger, after winning. Ears up, girls, ears up!
