# US Poet Laureate Ada Limón on the Practice of Startlement

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Podcast: [Tricycle Talks](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tricycle-talks-828620)
Published: 2025-09-24T10:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://tricycle.org/podcast/ada-limon-startlement
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## Resource

Ada Limón is the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate of the United States and the author of seven books of poetry. Her latest book, Startlement: New and Selected Poems, brings together two decades of her work. In this episode of Life As It Is, Tricycle’s editor-in-chief, James Shaheen, and meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg sit down with Limón to talk about how poetry can help us decenter ourselves, her daily practice of loving-kindness, the space that curiosity can open up, and how startlement can be a spiritual practice. Plus, Limón reads a few poems from her new collection.

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