“But I am not political in the current events sense, and I have never wanted anyone to read my poetry that way.” WayWantedPoliticalEventsCurrentsCurrent Events Author:Diane Wakoski
“I write in the first person because I have always wanted to make my life more interesting than it was.” WritingFirstsPersonsWantedInterestingFirst Person Book:Trilogy: Coins & Coffins: Discrepancies and Apparitions; The George Washington Poems Source: Trilogy: Coins & Coffins: Discrepancies and Apparitions; The George Washington Poems
“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 Shakespeare's sonnets.” WantedLiteratureVoiceNarrativeSonnetShakespeare's Sonnets Author:Diane Wakoski
