Diane Wakoski
Author of The Motorcycle Betrayal Poems
About the Author
Image credit: Portrait of Diane Wakoski at MOMA by Elsa Dorfman
Series
Works by Diane Wakoski
Greed, parts one and two 2 copies
The Wandering Tattler 1 copy
Winter Sequences 1 copy
Wakoski, Diane Archive 1 copy
Software 1 copy
The Frame 1 copy
The Diamond Merchant 1 copy
Black Dream Ditty for Billy "The Kid" M Seen in Dr. Generosity's Bar Recruiting for Hell's Angels and Black Mafia (1970) 1 copy
Abalone 1 copy
Associated Works
No More Masks: An Anthology of Twentieth-Century American Women Poets (1993) — Contributor, some editions — 224 copies, 3 reviews
From Totems to Hip-Hop: A Multicultural Anthology of Poetry Across the Americas 1900-2002 (2002) — Contributor — 182 copies
A Controversy of Poets: An Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry, (1965) — Contributor — 83 copies
She Rises Like the Sun: Invocations of the Goddess by Contemporary American Women Poets (1989) — Contributor — 71 copies
Take My Advice: Letters to the Next Generation from People Who Know a Thing or Two (2002) — Contributor — 50 copies
About Women: An Anthology of Contemporary Fiction, Poetry, and Essays (1973) — Contributor — 25 copies
Family Resemblance: An Anthology and Exploration of 8 Hybrid Literary Genres (2015) — Contributor — 25 copies
The Serpent and the Fire: Poetries of the Americas from Origins to Present (2024) — Contributor — 15 copies
The revolutionary poet in the United States : the poetry of Thomas McGrath (1988) — Contributor — 3 copies, 1 review
Sulfur 6: The Literary Tri-Quarterly of the Whole Art. — Contributor — 2 copies
In'hui, No.9 — Contributor — 1 copy
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1937-08-03
- Gender
- female
- Education
- University of California, Berkeley
- Occupations
- bookstore clerk
teacher - Awards and honors
- Michigan Author Award (2003)
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Whittier, California, USA
- Places of residence
- Whittier, California, USA
Lansing, Michigan, USA - Associated Place (for map)
- USA
Members
Reviews
A reread of a favorite collection of poems by one of my favorite poets. [a:Diane Wakoski|22012|Diane Wakoski|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1314383416p2/22012.jpg] explores so many themes in this collection: the multiplicity of the world, truth, justice, magic, loss, making lemonade from lemons. Her perceptions are keen, and her humor is also on full display. For example, her poem "George Washington Writes Home about Harvesting His Hemp" begins with these lines:
I won't take a lot of show more shit
in the name of love,
smoking it
or eating it,
or shoveling it for you
Or then there is the line that really resonated, from the poem "On the Subject of Roses,"
But no one should have to choose between Mozart and Beethoven
That is the same modern-day debate as Beatles vs. Rolling Stones. I love them both. Ms. Wakoski has wonderful command of language and wordplay. show less
I won't take a lot of show more shit
in the name of love,
smoking it
or eating it,
or shoveling it for you
Or then there is the line that really resonated, from the poem "On the Subject of Roses,"
But no one should have to choose between Mozart and Beethoven
That is the same modern-day debate as Beatles vs. Rolling Stones. I love them both. Ms. Wakoski has wonderful command of language and wordplay. show less
Lots of I -I - I confusion interspersed with depressing leave-takings.
My favorite comes in WHISTLING:
Walking out to my car
the shadows of the parking lot
like sleeping alligators
are matter-of-fact
realities.
My favorite comes in WHISTLING:
Walking out to my car
the shadows of the parking lot
like sleeping alligators
are matter-of-fact
realities.
Hell, yes! This book will get you through any bad break-up.
Probably Wakoski's best book -- Blue Monday is an especially fine poem
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Statistics
- Works
- 56
- Also by
- 19
- Members
- 777
- Popularity
- #32,751
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 5
- ISBNs
- 63
- Favorited
- 3