tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081959.post1558481265364136679..comments2023-09-18T06:23:06.811-03:00Comments on Days: 2004-2012: Diane WakoskiCarol Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04939321886306936715noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081959.post-35548461888993195362009-04-17T07:53:00.000-03:002009-04-17T07:53:00.000-03:00Thank you, Natalie, for your comments on Wakoski. ...Thank you, Natalie, for your comments on Wakoski. I am a great fan of her work and insights.Carol Petershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04939321886306936715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081959.post-90407825631638558812009-04-16T22:27:00.000-03:002009-04-16T22:27:00.000-03:00Carol,
I've been doing some studying of Diane Wako...Carol,<br />I've been doing some studying of Diane Wakoski recently and I love that you chose this poem. It does a great job of displaying the strength of Wakoski's imagery and the passionate ideas she installs behind them: The degrading role of women as well as the tendency of men demanding women to be interesting and that typical black lace, high heeled, perfectly manicured type of distraction. Another of Wakoski's poem, "Belly Dancer" evaluates further the role of woman in society, particularly by criticizing their common insecurities that are forced on them by society. Here is an excerpt that I found particularly meaningful:<br />"most of the women frown, or look away, or laugh stiffly. <br />They are afraid of these materials and these movements <br />in some way. <br />The psychologists would say they are afraid of themselves, somehow. <br />Perhaps awakening too much desire— <br />that their men could never satisfy? <br />So they keep themselves laced and buttoned and made up <br />in hopes that the framework will keep them stiff enough not to feel <br />the whole register. <br />In hopes that they will not have to experience that unquenchable <br />desire for rhythm and contact."<br />Wakoski observes how women feel scared and intimidated into being submissive and reserved, often leading to them being unhappy and unsatisfied. The plots that run through Wakoski's poems make her feminist arguments compelling and convincing.Natalie Welshnoreply@blogger.com