San Francisco poet Diane di Prima is the author of thirty-four books, and her work has been translated into twenty languages. She received an honorary doctor of literature degree from St. Lawrence University in 1999. She was master poet-in-residence at Columbia College, Chicago, in spring 2000. Her autobiography, Recollections of My Life as a Woman: the New York Years, was published by Viking in April 2001.
Poetry
Spring 2002
Three Poems in the Chinese Manner
1. Her stone grey eyes like liquid mercury While light from blue waters rippled over her face She raised her hand in which a peony trembled And smiled—a tear sparked […]