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American poetry, like American painting, is always personal with a

American poetry, like American painting, is always personal with an emphasis on the individuality of the poet. – 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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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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Still, language is resilient, and poetry when it is pressured simply goes underground. – Diane Wakoski

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Let me read you some of my poetry. My poetry just takes me to another level. – Rick Fox

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I have nothing to say, I am saying it, and that is poetry. – John Cage

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Every American poet feels that the whole responsibility for contemporary poetry has fallen upon his shoulders, that he is a literary aristocracy of one. – W. H. Auden

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