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> [High and low culture come together in all Post Modern art, and American poetry is not excluded from this.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-wakoski/high-and-low-culture-come-together-in-all-post-modern-art-and/)

[Diane Wakoski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-wakoski/)

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## More by Diane Wakoski

> [Poetry is the art of saying what you mean but disguising it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-wakoski/poetry-is-the-art-of-saying-what-you-mean-but-disguising-it/)

[Diane Wakoski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-wakoski/)

> [Learning to live what you're born with is the process, the involvement, the making of a life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-wakoski/learning-to-live-what-you-re-born-with-is-the-process-the-involvement/)

[Diane Wakoski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-wakoski/)

> [“Uneasy Rider" Falling in love with a mustache is like saying you can fall in love with the way a man polishes his shoes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-wakoski/uneasy-rider-falling-in-love-with-a-mustache-is-like-saying-you-can/)

[Diane Wakoski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-wakoski/)

> [From reading a previous answer, you know that I consider all those aspects to be part of American cultural myth and thus they figure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-wakoski/from-reading-a-previous-answer-you-know-that-i-consider-all-those/)

[Diane Wakoski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-wakoski/)

> [American poetry is always about defining oneself individually,claiming one's right to be different and often to break taboos.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-wakoski/american-poetry-is-always-about-defining-oneself-individually/)

[Diane Wakoski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-wakoski/)

> [Distinctly American poetry is usually written in the context of one's geographic landscape, sometimes out of one's cultural myths, and often with reference to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-wakoski/distinctly-american-poetry-is-usually-written-in-the-context-of-one-s/)

[Diane Wakoski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-wakoski/)

> [American poetry, like American painting, is always personal with an emphasis on the individuality of the poet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-wakoski/american-poetry-like-american-painting-is-always-personal-with-an/)

[Diane Wakoski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-wakoski/)

> [I think that's what poetry does. It allows people to come together and identify with a common thing that is outside of themselves, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-wakoski/i-think-that-s-what-poetry-does-it-allows-people-to-come-together-and/)

[Diane Wakoski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-wakoski/)

> [I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-wakoski/i-definitely-wish-to-distinguish-american-poetry-from-british-or/)

[Diane Wakoski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-wakoski/)

> [So, I've never been politically correct, even before that term was available to us, and I have really identified with other people who don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-wakoski/so-i-ve-never-been-politically-correct-even-before-that-term-was/)

[Diane Wakoski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-wakoski/what-line-breaks-add-to-prose-prosody-is-a-connection-between-eye-and/)

[Diane Wakoski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-wakoski/)

> [I am not political as a person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-wakoski/i-am-not-political-as-a-person/)

[Diane Wakoski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-wakoski/)

> [There are rituals not structures for being a poet, drinking too much, taking too many drugs, being a lady chaser, having your nervous breakdown,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-wakoski/there-are-rituals-not-structures-for-being-a-poet-drinking-too-much/)

[Diane Wakoski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-wakoski/)

> [I write in the first person because I have always wanted to make my life more interesting than it was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-wakoski/i-write-in-the-first-person-because-i-have-always-wanted-to-make-my/)

[Diane Wakoski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-wakoski/)

> [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;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-wakoski/because-in-fact-women-feminists-do-read-my-poetry-and-they-read-it/)

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