Thursday

 Today we are going to look at Diane di Prima. 

 Diane di Prima

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/54971/song-for-baby-o-unborn

Revolutionary Letters: https://assets.ctfassets.net/zzo3jtyu2pmq/2cSKVd5ytirU1hEIkdue96/8ecb7a12640ae9942c5925d7ec2e8d76/diane-di-prima-revolutionary-letters.pdf 

RANT: 

http://modampo.blogspot.com/2006/04/diane-di-primas-rant.html

  




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