“Poetry is one of the essential structures of civilization - carrying myth, ritual, 'tales of the tribe' and the essence of language.” LanguageCivilizationEssentialsEssenceStructureMythTalesPoetry IsRitualTribes Author:Diane Wakoski
“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.” EyeLanguageLinesBreakCreatingConnectionsEarsAddNarrativeProseUnitsEmphasisProsody Author:Diane Wakoski
“I think one of the things that language poets are very involved with is getting away from conventional ideas of beauty, because those ideas contain a certain attitude toward women, certain attitudes toward sex, certain attitudes toward race, etc.” ThinkingIdeasCertainLiteratureLanguageSexRaceAttitudePoetInvolvedEtcGet AwayConventional Author:Diane Wakoski
“I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry.” LanguageWishBritishEnglish LanguageAmerican Poetry Author:Diane Wakoski
“I think that great poetry is the most interesting and complex use of the poet's language at that point in history, and so it's even more exciting when you read a poet like Yeats, almost 100 years old now, and you think that perhaps no one can really top that.” ThinkingYearsUseLiteratureLanguageInterestingPoetExcitingComplexesPoetry IsMost InterestingGreat PoetGreat PoetryYeats Author:Diane Wakoski
“Sometimes the archaism of the language when it's spoken is why we are all in love with the Irish today.” SometimesTodayLiteratureLanguage Author:Diane Wakoski
“Still, language is resilient, and poetry when it is pressured simply goes underground.” StillsLanguageResilientPressured Author:Diane Wakoski
