Learning to live what you're born with is the process, the involvement, the making of a life.

Diane Wakoski

About Diane Wakoski

Portrait of Diane Wakoski

Diane Wakoski (born August 3, 1937) is an American poet. Wakoski is primarily associated with the deep image poets, as well as the confessional and Beat poets of the 1960s. She received considerable attention in the 1980s for controversial comments linking New Formalism with Reaganism.