But I don't think that poetry is a good, to use a contemporary word, venue, for current events.
Diane Wakoski
High and low culture come together in all Post Modern art, and American poetry is not excluded from this.
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;... →
From reading a previous answer, you know that I consider all those aspects to be part of American cultural myth and thus they figure into good... →
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... →
I think I'm a very good reader of poetry, but obviously, like everybody, I have a set of criteria for reading poems, and I'm not shy about... →
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... →
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... →
Making love is, simply put, poetry in motion.
Wale
Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness.
Alice Walker