American poetry, like American painting, is always personal with an e… — Diane Wakoski

American poetry, like American painting, is always personal with an emphasis on the individuality of the poet.

Diane WakoskiPoet · American

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A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become. — W. H. Auden
There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking. — Jean de la Bruyere
Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing. — Edmund Burke
High and low culture come together in all Post Modern art, and American poetry is not excluded from this. — Diane Wakoski
Still, language is resilient, and poetry when it is pressured simply goes underground. — Diane Wakoski
But I don't think that poetry is a good, to use a contemporary word, venue, for current events. — Diane Wakoski