Diane Wakoski Poetry Quotes

What did Diane Wakoski say about Poetry?

Diane Wakoski has written many quotes about Poetry. E.g.,

• I think that's 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.
• American poetry, like American painting, is always personal with an emphasis on the individuality of the poet.
• But I am not political in the current events sense, and I have never wanted anyone to read my poetry that way.

What are the top most famous Poetry quotes by Diane Wakoski?

Here are the top most famous quotes about Poetry by Diane Wakoski.

• I think that's 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.
• American poetry, like American painting, is always personal with an emphasis on the individuality of the poet.
• But I am not political in the current events sense, and I have never wanted anyone to read my poetry that way.
• But I don't think that poetry is a good, to use a contemporary word, venue, for current events.
• High and low culture come together in all Post Modern art, and American poetry is not excluded from this.
• I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry.
• Still, language is resilient, and poetry when it is pressured simply goes underground.
• Because, in fact, women, feminists, do read my poetry, and they read it often with the power of their political interpretation. I don't care that's what poetry is supposed to do.
• I'm perfectly happy when I look out at an audience and it's all women. I always think it's kind of odd, but then, more women than men, I think, read and write poetry.
• 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.