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  • Diane Wakoski

    Her collection Coins & Coffins (1962), the first of more than 60 published volumes, contains the poem “Justice Is Reason Enough,” about the suicide of an imaginary twin brother. In The George Washington Poems (1967), Wakoski addressed Washington as an archetypal figure. She dedicated The Motorcycle Betrayal…

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    Her collection Coins & Coffins (1962), the first of more than 60 published volumes, contains the poem “Justice Is Reason Enough,” about the suicide of an imaginary twin brother. In The George Washington Poems (1967), Wakoski addressed Washington as an archetypal figure. She dedicated The Motorcycle Betrayal…

    Read More