<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=415076" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>“Any fool can get into an ocean . . .”</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Any fool can get into an ocean <br>But it takes a Goddess <br>To get out of one.<br>What’s true of oceans is true, of course,<br>Of labyrinths and poems. When you start swimming <br>Through riptide of rhythms and the metaphor’s seaweed<br>You need to be a good swimmer or a born Goddess<br>To get back out of them<br>Look at the sea otters bobbing wildly<br>Out in the middle of the poem<br>They look so eager and peaceful playing out there where the<br> water hardly moves<br>You might get out through all the waves and rocks<br>Into the middle of the poem to touch them<br>But when you’ve tried the blessed water long<br>Enough to want to start backward<br>That’s when the fun starts<br>Unless you’re a poet or an otter or something supernatural<br>You’ll drown, dear. You’ll drown<br>Any Greek can get you into a labyrinth<br>But it takes a hero to get out of one<br>What’s true of labyrinths is true of course<br>Of love and memory. When you start remembering.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Jack+Spicer">Jack Spicer</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=415076" data-title="“Any fool can get into an ocean . . .” de Jack Spicer" data-description="Any fool can get into an ocean But it takes a Goddess To get out of one. What’s true of oceans is true, of course, Of labyrinths and poems. When you start swimming Through riptide of rhythms and the metaphor’s seaweed You need to be a good ..."></div> </div> </div>

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