Quote by Diane Wakoski
Because, in fact, women, feminists, do read my poetry, and they re

Because, in fact, women, feminists, do read my poetry, and they read it often with the power of their political interpretation. I dont care thats what poetry is supposed to do. – 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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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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I think thats 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

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Poetry is, first and last, language – the rest is filler. – Mark Strand

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I write poetry in order to live more fully. – Judith Rodriguez

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The poet is like the prince of clouds
Who haunts the tempest and laughs at the archer;
Exiled on the ground in the midst of jeers,
His giant wings prevent him from walking. – Charles Baudelaire

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

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