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I have always wanted what I have now come to call the voice of per

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 Shakespeares sonnets. – Diane Wakoski

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Im perfectly happy when I look out at an audience and its all women. I always think its kind of odd, but then, more women than men, I think, read and write poetry. – Diane Wakoski

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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 dont think that poetry is a good, to use a contemporary word, venue, for current events. – Diane Wakoski

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I was in Paris at an English-language bookstore. I picked up a volume of Dickinsons poetry. I came back to my hotel, read 2,000 of her poems and immediately began composing in my head. I wrote down the melodies even before I got to a piano. – Gordon Getty

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Poetry is the art which is technically within the grasp of everyone: a piece of paper and a pencil and one is ready. – Eugenio Montale

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I wish you would read a little poetry sometimes. Your ignorance cramps my conversation. – Anthony Hope

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Art works because it appeals to certain faculties of the mind. Music depends on details of the auditory system, painting and sculpture on the visual system. Poetry and literature depend on language. – Steven Pinker

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