American poetry is always about defining oneself individually,claiming one's right to be different and often to break taboos.
Diane WakoskiStill, language is resilient, and poetry when it is pressured simply goes underground.
Diane WakoskiDistinctly 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 gender and race or ethnic origins.
Diane Wakoski