Looking at the pond, all I could think was that it is an incredible thing, how a whole world can rise from what seems like nothing at all. ( Sarah Dessen)
The Water Lily, she rises from the murky depths of the pond; unsullied and undiscouraged. (Maria Corado)
Underwater the outside world, silenced. Floating there. As long as I can. Until I run out of oxygen because God knows I would stay as long as I could. ( nk).
The present fades from around as I drift, and into the misty depths I fall down. (Tom Pease)
Where swarms of minnows show their little heads, Staying their wavy bodies 'gainst the streams, To taste the luxury of sunny beams, Tempered with coolness. (John Keats)
Come, where water-weeds are cool, Dip your fingers in the pool. (Arthur Symons)
A dragonfly's love— Ill-fated, unrequited— Damselfly leaving. (Haiku #8 Jeffrey Pua)
...the fascination of flowing water and living things coming up out of it - to grab at you and be grabbed... (Ted Hughes)
You never knew about people, like you never knew how deep a pond was because all you saw was the top. (Terry Pratchett )
Under the pondweed do the great fish go, In the green darkness where the rushes grow. (Helen Waddell)
