Author: Diane Wakoski

Quotes

I think that's what poetry does. It allows people to come together and identify with a common thing that is outside of themselves, but which they identify with from the interior.

I think that's what poetry does. It allows people to come together and identify with a common thing that is outside of themselves, but which they identify with from the interior.

- Diane Wakoski

Sometimes the archaism of the language when it's spoken is why we are all in love with the Irish today.

Sometimes the archaism of the language when it's spoken is why we are all in love with the Irish today.

- Diane Wakoski

But I don't think that poetry is a good, to use a contemporary word, venue, for current events.

But I don't think that poetry is a good, to use a contemporary word, venue, for current events.

- Diane Wakoski

But I am not political in the current events sense, and I have never wanted anyone to read my poetry that way.

But I am not political in the current events sense, and I have never wanted anyone to read my poetry that way.

- Diane Wakoski

American poetry, like American painting, is always personal with an emphasis on the individuality of the poet.

American poetry, like American painting, is always personal with an emphasis on the individuality of the poet.

- Diane Wakoski

Still, language is resilient, and poetry when it is pressured simply goes underground.

Still, language is resilient, and poetry when it is pressured simply goes underground.

- Diane Wakoski

I'm perfectly happy when I look out at an audience and it's all women. I always think it's kind of odd, but then, more women than men, I think, read and write poetry.

I'm perfectly happy when I look out at an audience and it's all women. I always think it's kind of odd, but then, more women than men, I think, read and write poetry.

- Diane Wakoski

My poems are almost all written as Diane. I don't have any problems with that, and if other women choose to identify with this, I think that's terrific.

My poems are almost all written as Diane. I don't have any problems with that, and if other women choose to identify with this, I think that's terrific.

- Diane Wakoski

PC stuff just lowers the general acceptance of good work and replaces it with bogus poetry that celebrates values that in themselves are probably quite worthy.

PC stuff just lowers the general acceptance of good work and replaces it with bogus poetry that celebrates values that in themselves are probably quite worthy.

- Diane Wakoski

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