Sometimes the archaism of the language when it's spoken is why we are all in love with the Irish today.
Diane WakoskiBut I am not political in the current events sense, and I have never wanted anyone to read my poetry that way.
Diane WakoskiThe best young writers are convinced they need blurbs from famous writers before an editor will even read the first page of a manuscript. If this is true, then the editorial system that prevails today stinks. And let's start reforming it.
Diane WakoskiI'm passing on a tradition of which I am part. There's a long line of poets who went before me, and I'm another one, and I'm hoping to pass that on to other younger, or newer, poets than myself.
Diane Wakoski