[for The Errancy]
Since in a net I seek to hold the wind
—Wyatt
For someone a fresh breeze blows.
For someone the sunset luxuriates-
—"Requim," Anna Akhmatova
[for Swarm]
To say I love you is to say I want you to be
—St. Augustine
[for Never]
"How can I believe in that? Surely it cannot be?"
—John Keats
(upon first viewing the scenery of the Lake District)
from EPIGRAPHS
by Jorie Graham
[for Overlord]
Belief is like a guillotine, just as heavy, just as light.
—Franz Kafka
The gods keep changing, but the prayers stay the same.
—Yehuda Amichai
Before a war breaks out, it has long begun in the hearts of the people.
—Leo Tolstoy
[for Fast]
Then the good minute goes.
Already how am I so far
Out of that minute?
—Robert Browning
Collected by Juleen Johnson
