DONOHUE, IDA OJA : Almost the length of the river if past before you learn how to float, at last — before you learn you cannot foreknow the route of the river — not halt its flow. (Ida Oja Donohue, U.S. poet, born 1928)

DONOHUE, IDA OJA : In the rubble of your trouble lies the seed of what you need. (Ida Oja Donohue, U.S. poet, born 1928)