I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry. – Diane Wakoski
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. – Diane Wakoski
I think that great poetry is the most interesting and complex use of the poets language at that point in history, and so its even more exciting when you read a poet like Yeats, almost 100 years old now, and you think that perhaps no one can really top that. – Diane Wakoski