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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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I think one of the things that language poets are very involved with is getting away from conventional ideas of beauty, because those ideas contain a certain attitude toward women, certain attitudes toward sex, certain attitudes toward race, etc. – Diane Wakoski

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I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry. – Diane Wakoski

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High and low culture come together in all Post Modern art, and American poetry is not excluded from this. – Diane Wakoski

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So I really began as a failed poet – although when I first wanted to be a writer, I learned to write prose by reading poetry. – Nicholson Baker

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The poem is a little myth of mans capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end, the poem is not a thing we see-it is, rather, a light by which we may see-and what we see is life. – Robert Penn Warren

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A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically. – Diane Ackerman

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Poetry is the tunnel at the end of the light. – J. Patrick Lewis, www.jpatricklewis.com

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Women who are inclined to write poetry at all are inspired by being mad at something. – Amy Clampitt

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Most fear stems from sin to limit ones sins, one must assuredly limit ones fear, thereby bringing more peace to ones spirit. – Marvin Gaye

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