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Diane Wakoski Quotes

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 Picture Quote #1

I have always wanted what I have now come to call the voice of personal narrative. That has always been the appealing voice in poetry. It started for me lyrically in Shakespeare’s sonnets Picture Quote #1

I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry Picture Quote #1

High and low culture come together in all Post Modern art, and American poetry is not excluded from this Picture Quote #1

Distinctly American poetry is usually written in the context of one’s geographic landscape, sometimes out of one’s cultural myths, and often with reference to gender and race or ethnic origins Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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I don’t like political poetry, and I don’t write it. If this question was pointing towards that, I think it is missing the point of the American tradition, which is always apolitical, even when the poetry comes out of politically active writers Picture Quote #1

The best young writers are convinced they need blurbs from famous writers before an editor will even read the first page of a manuscript. If this is true, then the editorial system that prevails today stinks. and let’s start reforming it Picture Quote #1

High and low culture come together in all Post Modern art, and American poetry is not excluded from this Picture Quote #1

Distinctly American poetry is usually written in the context of one’s geographic landscape, sometimes out of one’s cultural myths, and often with reference to gender and race or ethnic origins Picture Quote #1

American poetry is always about defining oneself individually,claiming one’s right to be different and often to break taboos Picture Quote #1

There are rituals not structures for being a poet, drinking too much, taking too many drugs, being a lady chaser, having your nervous breakdown, being irresponsible about money Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

I think I’m a very good reader of poetry, but obviously, like everybody, I have a set of criteria for reading poems, and I’m not shy about presenting them, so if people ask for my critical response to a poem, I tell them what works and why, and what doesn’t work and why Picture Quote #1

But I don’t think that poetry is a good, to use a contemporary word, venue, for current events Picture Quote #1

Innocence is suffering and the loss of that innocence is something to fear Picture Quote #1

Poems come from incomplete knowledge Picture Quote #1

Poetry is the art of saying what you mean but disguising it Picture Quote #1

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We are authors, all of us, concerned with beginning, with making, with sources and substance Picture Quote #1

I am not political as a person Picture Quote #1

Still, language is resilient, and poetry when it is pressured simply goes underground Picture Quote #1

Poems reveal secrets when they are analyzed. The poet’s pleasure in finding ingenious ways to enclose her secrets should be matched by the reader’s pleasure in unlocking and revealing these secrets Picture Quote #1

Because, in fact, women, feminists, do read my poetry, and they read it often with the power of their political interpretation. I don’t care; that’s what poetry is supposed to do Picture Quote #1

American poetry, like American painting, is always personal with an emphasis on the individuality of the poet Picture Quote #1

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I had been dreaming a complicated dream about helping poets revise their poems, so that each ending would open like a flower. I was not arguing, but engaged in a rousing discussion Picture Quote #1

I write in the first person because I have always wanted to make my life more interesting than it was Picture Quote #1

Learning to live what you’re born with is the process, the involvement, the making of a life Picture Quote #1

I’m passing on a tradition of which I am part. There’s a long line of poets who went before me, and I’m another one, and I’m hoping to pass that on to other younger, or newer, poets than myself Picture Quote #1

I think I’m a very good reader of poetry, but obviously, like everybody, I have a set of criteria for reading poems, and I’m not shy about presenting them, so if people ask for my critical response to a poem, I tell them what works and why, and what doesn’t work and why Picture Quote #1

I do not read newspapers. I do not watch television. I am not interested in current events, although I will occasionally discuss them if other people want to discuss them Picture Quote #1

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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 Quotes) I have always wanted what I have now come to call the voice of personal narrative. That has always been the appealing voice in poetry. It started for me lyrically in Shakespeare’s sonnets (Diane Wakoski Quotes) I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry (Diane Wakoski Quotes) High and low culture come together in all Post Modern art, and American poetry is not excluded from this (Diane Wakoski Quotes) Distinctly American poetry is usually written in the context of one’s geographic landscape, sometimes out of one’s cultural myths, and often with reference to gender and race or ethnic origins (Diane Wakoski Quotes) 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 Quotes) I don’t like political poetry, and I don’t write it. If this question was pointing towards that, I think it is missing the point of the American tradition, which is always apolitical, even when the poetry comes out of politically active writers (Diane Wakoski Quotes) The best young writers are convinced they need blurbs from famous writers before an editor will even read the first page of a manuscript. If this is true, then the editorial system that prevails today stinks. and let’s start reforming it (Diane Wakoski Quotes) High and low culture come together in all Post Modern art, and American poetry is not excluded from this. (Diane Wakoski Quotes) Distinctly American poetry is usually written in the context of one’s geographic landscape, sometimes out of one’s cultural myths, and often with reference to gender and race or ethnic origins. (Diane Wakoski Quotes) American poetry is always about defining oneself individually,claiming one’s right to be different and often to break taboos. (Diane Wakoski Quotes) There are rituals not structures for being a poet, drinking too much, taking too many drugs, being a lady chaser, having your nervous breakdown, being irresponsible about money. (Diane Wakoski Quotes) 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 Quotes) I think I’m a very good reader of poetry, but obviously, like everybody, I have a set of criteria for reading poems, and I’m not shy about presenting them, so if people ask for my critical response to a poem, I tell them what works and why, and what doesn’t work and why. (Diane Wakoski Quotes) But I don’t think that poetry is a good, to use a contemporary word, venue, for current events (Diane Wakoski Quotes) Innocence is suffering and the loss of that innocence is something to fear (Diane Wakoski Quotes) Poems come from incomplete knowledge (Diane Wakoski Quotes) Poetry is the art of saying what you mean but disguising it (Diane Wakoski Quotes) We are authors, all of us, concerned with beginning, with making, with sources and substance (Diane Wakoski Quotes) I am not political as a person (Diane Wakoski Quotes) Still, language is resilient, and poetry when it is pressured simply goes underground (Diane Wakoski Quotes) Poems reveal secrets when they are analyzed. The poet’s pleasure in finding ingenious ways to enclose her secrets should be matched by the reader’s pleasure in unlocking and revealing these secrets (Diane Wakoski Quotes) Because, in fact, women, feminists, do read my poetry, and they read it often with the power of their political interpretation. I don’t care; that’s what poetry is supposed to do (Diane Wakoski Quotes) American poetry, like American painting, is always personal with an emphasis on the individuality of the poet (Diane Wakoski Quotes) I had been dreaming a complicated dream about helping poets revise their poems, so that each ending would open like a flower. I was not arguing, but engaged in a rousing discussion (Diane Wakoski Quotes) I write in the first person because I have always wanted to make my life more interesting than it was (Diane Wakoski Quotes) Learning to live what you’re born with is the process, the involvement, the making of a life (Diane Wakoski Quotes) I’m passing on a tradition of which I am part. There’s a long line of poets who went before me, and I’m another one, and I’m hoping to pass that on to other younger, or newer, poets than myself (Diane Wakoski Quotes) I think I’m a very good reader of poetry, but obviously, like everybody, I have a set of criteria for reading poems, and I’m not shy about presenting them, so if people ask for my critical response to a poem, I tell them what works and why, and what doesn’t work and why (Diane Wakoski Quotes) I do not read newspapers. I do not watch television. I am not interested in current events, although I will occasionally discuss them if other people want to discuss them (Diane Wakoski Quotes)

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