Diane Wakoski

It was hard for them to accuse their wives of infidelity when their rival was an invisible man. ↗

— Diane Wakoski

#infidelity

Poetry is the art of saying what you mean but disguising it. ↗

— Diane Wakoski

#disguise #poetry #art

American poets celebrate their bodies, very specifically, as Whitman did. ↗

— Diane Wakoski

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

— Diane Wakoski

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

— Diane Wakoski

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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

#context #cultural #distinctly #ethnic #gender

I am not political as a person. ↗

— Diane Wakoski

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High and low culture come together in all Post Modern art, and American poetry is not excluded from this. ↗

— Diane Wakoski

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I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry. ↗

— Diane Wakoski

#british #definitely #distinguish #english #english language

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

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