Because, in fact, women, feminists, do read my poetry, and they read it often with the power of … - Diane Wakoski

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Concerning God, freewill and destiny: Of all that earth has been or yet may be, all that vain men imagine or believe, or hope can paint or suffering may achieve, we descanted.

Diane Wakoski

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.

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I don't like political poetry, and I don't write it. If this question was pointing towards that, I think it is missing the point of the American tradition, which is always apolitical, even when the poetry comes out of politically active writers.

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Innocence is suffering and the loss of that innocence is something to fear.

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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.

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What line breaks add to prose prosody is a connection between eye and ear which emphasizes the nature of the language by. . . creating units of intent and emphasis, and by contouring the meloding pitch changes in the narrative-line.

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My poems are almost all written as Diane. I don't have any problems with that, and if other women choose to identify with this, I think that's terrific.

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