"Poetry isn’t an island, it is the bridge. Poetry isn’t a ship, it is the lifeboat. Poetry isn’t swimming. Poetry is water."
- Kamand Kojouri
"It took him almost a half hour to write a message of only five lines. It took yet another fifteen minutes to delete whatever might be construed as ambiguity, desperation, or references to a history th..."
- Joakim Zander
"Water. Like a blanket. Dark. Intoxicating. Cold."
- Shannon Celebi
"There are many fish in the sea, but never let a good one swim away."
- Matshona Dhliwayo
"We Pisceans know how to swim without water"
- Munia Khan
"Sturdy swimmers afloat on water-couch Beneath the heavy bill their treasured pouchFishes pray for them to fly far away Inland lakes toast to the Pelican’s day"