“I shatter what light has done to me: in my wildest dreams where the given body is a form of flight & in this latest version I step into the wreckage, to find the other side of me blooming.”— Michael Wasson, kenyonreview.org
“There is literally nothing in nature that blooms all year long, so do not expect yourself to do so.”— liryae, liryae.tumblr.com
“I shall see the August weather spur berries to ripen where the flowers were: dark berries, savage-sweet and worth the wait.”— Richard Wilbur, harvardmagazine.com