Quote by Diane Wakoski
But I am not political in the current events sense, and I have nev

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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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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From reading a previous answer, you know that I consider all those aspects to be part of American cultural myth and thus they figure into good American poetry, whether the poet is aware of what he is doing or not. – 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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Living here on Earth, we breathe the rhythms of a universe that extends infinitely above us. When resonant harmonies arise between this vast outer cosmos and the inner human cosmos, poetry is born. – Daisaku Ikeda

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Poetry is something that happens in universities, in creative writing programs or in English departments. – Mark Strand

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I was very interested in American poetry for many years. Much less now. – Norman MacCaig

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Poetry is at the centre of my life, too, emotionally speaking, and intellectually speaking – its just that Im one of those people who enjoy doing other stuff as well. – Andrew Motion

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