--- title: "1 Blue water Quotes By Yusef Komunyakaa" description: "1 Blue water quotes by Yusef Komunyakaa. Plus more from Yusef Komunyakaa and more Blue water sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10f/yusef-komunyakaa-16756_absence_blue-is-the-insides-of-something-mysteri_990103.png" --- > [Blue is the insides of something mysterious and lonely. I'd look at fish and birds, thinking the sky and water colored them. The first abyss is blue. An artist must go beyond the mercy of satin or water-from a gutty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yusef-komunyakaa/blue-is-the-insides-of-something-mysterious-and-lonely-i-d-look-at/) [Yusef Komunyakaa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yusef-komunyakaa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10f/yusef-komunyakaa-16756_absence_blue-is-the-insides-of-something-mysteri_990103.png) ## More by Yusef Komunyakaa > [It took me 14 years to write poems about Vietnam. I had never thought about writing about it, and in a way I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yusef-komunyakaa/it-took-me-14-years-to-write-poems-about-vietnam-i-had-never-thought/) [Yusef Komunyakaa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yusef-komunyakaa/) > [I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yusef-komunyakaa/i-see-many-black-males-grasping-for-some-thread-of-hope-there-are-so/) [Yusef Komunyakaa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yusef-komunyakaa/) > [“Title: Blue Light Lounge Sutra For The Performance Poets At Harold Park Hotel the need gotta be so deep words can't answer simple questions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yusef-komunyakaa/title-blue-light-lounge-sutra-for-the-performance-poets-at-harold/) [Yusef Komunyakaa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yusef-komunyakaa/) > [“Foolhearted mindreader, help us see how the heart begs, how fangs of opprobrium possess our eyes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yusef-komunyakaa/foolhearted-mindreader-help-us-see-how-the-heart-begs-how-fangs-of/) [Yusef Komunyakaa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yusef-komunyakaa/) > [I like connecting the abstract to the concrete. There's a tension in that. I believe the reader or listener should be able to enter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yusef-komunyakaa/i-like-connecting-the-abstract-to-the-concrete-there-s-a-tension-in/) [Yusef Komunyakaa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yusef-komunyakaa/) > [Whoever said men hit harder when women are around, is right. Word for word, we beat the love out of each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yusef-komunyakaa/whoever-said-men-hit-harder-when-women-are-around-is-right-word-for/) [Yusef Komunyakaa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yusef-komunyakaa/) > [I think of language as our first music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yusef-komunyakaa/i-think-of-language-as-our-first-music/) [Yusef Komunyakaa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yusef-komunyakaa/) > [I think of my poems as personal and public at the same time. You could say they serve as psychological overlays. One fits on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yusef-komunyakaa/i-think-of-my-poems-as-personal-and-public-at-the-same-time-you-could/) [Yusef Komunyakaa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yusef-komunyakaa/) > [“In the old days, the general's ribbons / & medals rainbowed across his chest, / & if he were interrogating himself, / by now,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yusef-komunyakaa/in-the-old-days-the-general-s-ribbons-medals-rainbowed-across-his/) [Yusef Komunyakaa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yusef-komunyakaa/) > [Blue is the insides of something mysterious and lonely. I'd look at fish and birds, thinking the sky and water colored them. The first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yusef-komunyakaa/blue-is-the-insides-of-something-mysterious-and-lonely-i-d-look-at/) [Yusef Komunyakaa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yusef-komunyakaa/) > [“The Way the Cards Fall " Why did you stay away so long? I’ve buried another husband, since I last saw you holding to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yusef-komunyakaa/the-way-the-cards-fall-why-did-you-stay-away-so-long-i-ve-buried/) [Yusef Komunyakaa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yusef-komunyakaa/) > [Vietnam helped me to look at the horror and terror in the hearts of people and realize how we can't aim guns and set…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yusef-komunyakaa/vietnam-helped-me-to-look-at-the-horror-and-terror-in-the-hearts-of/) [Yusef Komunyakaa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yusef-komunyakaa/) > [It wasn't a deliberate decision to become a poet. It was something I found myself doing - and loving. Language became an addiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yusef-komunyakaa/it-wasn-t-a-deliberate-decision-to-become-a-poet-it-was-something-i/) [Yusef Komunyakaa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yusef-komunyakaa/) > [“My doors enter from the sidestreet, my windows painted basement black, my mouth kisses the blues harp, my heart hides like notes locked in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yusef-komunyakaa/my-doors-enter-from-the-sidestreet-my-windows-painted-basement-black/) [Yusef Komunyakaa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yusef-komunyakaa/) > [Cursing themselves in ragged dreamsfire has singed the edges of,they know a slow dying the fields have come to terms with.Shimmering fans work against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yusef-komunyakaa/cursing-themselves-in-ragged-dreamsfire-has-singed-the-edges-of-they/) [Yusef Komunyakaa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yusef-komunyakaa/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blue-water/yusef-komunyakaa/#itemlist", "name": "1 Blue water Quotes By Yusef Komunyakaa", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Blue is the insides of something mysterious and lonely. 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