American poetry, like American painting, is always personal with an emphasis on the individuality of the poet.
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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 gender and race or ethnic origins.Diane Wakoski
But, after all, what I feel that I'm teaching, which is why I've agreed to be a university professor all these years, is a tradition.
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But I am not political in the current events sense, and I have never wanted anyone to read my poetry that way.
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I am not political as a person.
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But I don't think that poetry is a good, to use a contemporary word, venue, for current events.
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