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

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

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