Relayed by Carrier Pigeon

1) "It is hard to get heavy objects up in the air; a strong desire to do so is necessary, and a strong driving force to keep them aloft. Some poets sit in airplanes on the ground, raising their arms, sure that they're flying. Some poets ascend for a period of time, then come down again; we have a great many stranded planes." --Elizabeth Bishop (from her notebooks)

2) One of my paper airplanes, "You Give Me Fever," has been accepted for publication in Pearl.

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