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Quote by Diane Wakoski
I think Im a very good reader of poetry, but obviously, like every

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

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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

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PC stuff just lowers the general acceptance of good work and replaces it with bogus poetry that celebrates values that in themselves are probably quite worthy. – Diane Wakoski

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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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Poetry mends a broken arrow then shoots us in the heart with it. – Terri Guillemets, “Love, life, poetry,” 2016

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And inasmuch as the bridge is a symbol of all such poetry as I am interested in writing it is my present fancy that a year from now Ill be more contented working in an office than ever before. – Hart Crane

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I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals cant read any poetry. – Randall Jarrell

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My favorite subject probably was math. I love math. Figures just intrigue me. I was really good at math. English probably was my worst subject. But I used to write a lot of poetry. I used to write poetry all the time. – Herschel Walker

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