It was really hard coming to terms with the Nazi history. Then in my twenties I was traveling to Germany. There was a lot of poetry activity and some of my first readings abroad and trying to relate with people my own age there and what they were discovering and learning had to examine in terms of their backgrounds. Then so many of my friends had family who had either perished in the holocaust or survived in the holocaust. It was very palpable.
Anne WaldmanI am a poet, bard, scop, minnesinger, trobairitz who is driven by sound and the possibilities for vocal expression, the mouthing of text as well as intentionality or dance on the page.
Anne WaldmanPoets have to keep pushing, pushing, against the darkness, and write their way out of it as well.
Anne WaldmanI think of the amazing things that were going on. So it's so rich. The doors keep opening.
Anne Waldman