Quote by Diane Wakoski
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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Still, language is resilient, and poetry when it is pressured simply goes underground. – 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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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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Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. – Carl Sandburg

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