Still, language is resilient, and poetry when it is pressured simply goes underground. – Diane Wakoski
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
Distinctly American poetry is usually written in the context of ones geographic landscape, sometimes out of ones cultural myths, and often with reference to gender and race or ethnic origins. – Diane Wakoski
But I am not political in the current events sense, and I have never wanted anyone to read my poetry that way. – Diane Wakoski