That's the opening line in "Ghost Net (XXI)," one of the poems by Katherine Larson('96) that is paired with a shadow box created by fellow Tucson artist Heather Green in the Ghost Net Project.

The project "uses the physical remains from fishing as a lens to examine historical, cultural, and ecological relationships to the Sea of Cortez." For each of the 25 pieces in the collaborative installation, Green built a shadow box from salvaged boat wood and filled it with objects collected on the shore. An excerpt of one of Kate's poems was etched on the glass cover of each box. For "Ghost Net (I)," this is the result:

The installation is on display now through October 2 at the University of Arizona Poetry Center, as part of the fall series, Oh Earth, Wait for Me: Conversations about Art and Ecology.

You can buy one of the boxes through the project web site. (But hurry--they're going fast.) Proceeds support the Sociedad Cooperativa Buzos de Puerto Punta Peñasco, a group of commercial divers of Puerto Peñasco that fish sustainably.