American poetry, like American painting, is always personal with an emphasis on the individuality of the poet.
From Diane Wakoski
American poets celebrate their bodies, very specifically, as Whitman did.
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 am not political as a person.
Sometimes the archaism of the language when it's spoken is why we are all in love with the Irish today.
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.
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.
Other people have noticed more of an evolution than I have and so I'll try to tell you where I'm coming from and also relate it to what I think other people perceive.
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