For two decades, I’ve maintained a list of quotes I like by poets, writers, and thinkers I find interesting. This post is part of that series. All posts in the series are organized alphabetically. Some poets and writers have their own dedicated pages.

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All is elegy, / departing or gone; incessant rain, / language the earth understands. — Luisa A. Igloria

more than once I have been surprised to find / that the light has also has touched a hidden / lever, a fiber of longing in my throat. — Luisa A. Igloria

and now that he can speak it / aware that he has spoken / there is nothing but awareness — David Ignatow

Because words have no effect upon the wind / or the trees, I am a curious onlooker — David Ignatow

Every night, / high tide, cheapest of makeup removers, / wipes away any trace / of the previous night’s look. / In the morning, I’m swallowed again / in my body’s masculine quicksand. — Kenan Ince

All the time I pray to Buddha / I keep on / killing mosquitoes. — Issa

In this world / we walk on the roof of hell, / gazing at flowers. — Issa