She was eighty-six years old and had been in assisted living for the past two years.ĭespite her physical struggles, di Prima continued to write every day and had several book projects in the works. On October 25, 2020, in her beloved adopted hometown of San Francisco, di Prima passed away with her husband, family, and friends at her bedside. (from “First Draft: Poet Laureate Oath of Office,” 2009) In eight seemingly simple lines, she brings the credo of her life’s visionary work: Photo at right: Estate of Diane di Prima.ĭi Prima wrote the poem following when she was named as the San Francisco Poet Laureate in 2009. She embodied the awareness of a poet’s sensibility required for these political fights to evolve. The extraordinary feminist and Beat generation poet Diane di Prima (Aug– October 5, 2020) was an active participant in the cultural and political movements of the last half of the twentieth century.
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