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Diane di Prima
1934
Diane di Prima Quotes
"you are not stone or molten soundI think you have no hands this kind of bird flies backward" - Diane DiPrima
"Sweetheart when you break thru you’ll find a poet here not quite what one would choose" -Diane di Prima
"I shall lie down again with him who must be nameless and sink my strong teeth into unhuman flesh." - Diane Di Prima
"where is my helmet? Battle is what I crave, shock of lance, death cry, the air filled with the jostling spirits of the dead, meat & drink, the earth enriched with brain & entrail" - Diane DiPrima
"the female is ductil and (stroke after stroke) built for masochistic calm". - Diane Di Prima
"they all say you're lovely but everytime I look the sun (or something else) get's in my eyes" - Diane Di Prima
"you bet your life next bedtime i'll get even i'll call your name wrong and you'll think it happened accidental" - Diane DiPrima
Kerouac Alley Note: If you thought these quotes were outstanding, you should read them in her poetry in the proper format!
Diane di Prima Multimedia Directory
Diane di Prima reading at Naropa Institute
Lunch Poems - Diane di Prima
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Coming To Terms With Impermanence - Diane di Prima
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