I think thats what poetry does. It allows people to come together and identify with a common thing that is outside of themselves, but which they identify with from the interior. – Diane Wakoski
But I dont think that poetry is a good, to use a contemporary word, venue, for current events. – Diane Wakoski
High and low culture come together in all Post Modern art, and American poetry is not excluded from this. – Diane Wakoski
I think Im a very good reader of poetry, but obviously, like everybody, I have a set of criteria for reading poems, and Im not shy about presenting them, so if people ask for my critical response to a poem, I tell them what works and why, and what doesnt work and why. – Diane Wakoski