A Name Poem by Ada Limón

A Name



When Eve walked among
the animals and named them—
nightingale, redshouldered hawk,
fiddler crab, fallow deer—
I wonder if she ever wanted
them to speak back, looked into
their wide wonderful eyes and
whispered, Name me, name me.

Ada Limón
Friday, July 22, 2016
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Sandra Feldman 15 July 2022

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