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 which they identify with from the interior.
Diane WakoskiI definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry.
Diane WakoskiI write in the first person because I have always wanted to make my life more interesting than it was.
Diane WakoskiLearning to live what you're born with is the process, the involvement, the making of a life.
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