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Diane Wakoski

Diane Wakoski was born in Whittier, California on August 3, 1937. She received her B.A. in English from the University of California, Berkeley, where she studied with Thom Gunn, Josephine Miles, and

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by Diane Wakoski (b. 1937)

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Drinking
a blend of traditional
Darjeeling with a touch of Ceylon/this
tea takes me back to a Viennese visit, drinking
this very tea in the afternoon while my friend, Jonathan,
ate their famous Sacher torte.
The tea
seemed particularly aromatic —
           “lightly scented with oil of bergamot

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