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Diane Ward is a U.S. poet initially associated with the first wave of Language poetry in the 1970s and has actively published into the 21st century, maintaining a presence in various artistic communities for many decades. Born in Washington, DC where she attended the Corcoran School of Art, Ward currently lives in Santa Monica, California where she taught poetry in public schools to 1st through 5th graders for many years.

Selected bibliography
On Duke Ellington’s Birthday (Washington, D.C.: self-published) • Trop-i-dom (Washington, D.C.: Jawbone, 1977) • The Light American (Washington, D.C.: Jawbone, 1979) • Theory of Emotion (New York: Segue/O Press, 1979) • Never without One (New York: Roof, 1984) • Relation (New York: Roof, 1989) • Human Ceiling (New York: Roof, 1995) • Imaginary Movie (Elmwood, Connecticut: Potes & Poets Press, 1992) • Exhibition (Elmwood, Connecticut: Potes & Poets Press, 1995) • (contributor) Out of Everywhere: linguistically innovative poetry by women in North America & the UK, edited by Maggie O’Sullivan (London: Reality Street Editions, 1996) • (contributor) Moving Borders: Three Decades of Innovative Writing by Women, edited by Mary Margaret Sloan (New Jersey: Talisman House, Publishers, 1998) • Portraits and Maps (with art by Michael C. McMillen) (Piacenza, Italy: ML&NLF, 2000) • Portrait As If Through My Own Voice (Studio City, California: Margin to Margin, 2001) • When You Awake (New York: Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs) • Flim-Yoked Scrim (San Diego: Factory School, 2006) • No List (No List) (Seeing Eye Books, 2008) • Belladonna Elders Series No. 8: Jane Sprague / Tina Darragh / Diane Ward (Belladonna, 2009) ;Further Reading • "Ward on Seaton", L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E, Volume 3, Number 13 [December 1980] This is a review by Ward of Peter Seaton's "Piranesi Pointed Up". The review can be accessed online hereSilliman, Ron (editor). In the American Tree. Orono, Maine: National Poetry Foundation, 1986; reprint ed. with a new afterword, 2002. This groundbreaking anthology of language poetry serves as a very useful primer and includes Ward's poem "Pronouncing" ==External links==
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