Pattiann Rogers

“The Estate of Solemnity By right, it reigns in its places- in long beards Of spanish moss hanging from a live oak…

— Pattiann Rogers

I have thought for many years that the audience any creative writer imagines has a great effect on what gets written.

— Pattiann Rogers

One of the most important differences I see between prose and poetry is the music of the language.

— Pattiann Rogers

“The Congregating of Stars They often meet in mountain lakes, No matter how remote, no matter how deep Down and far they…

— Pattiann Rogers

The greatest tragedy that can befall a poet is to be praised by being misunderstood.

— Pattiann Rogers

Sometimes, as in an athletic event where everything clicks, inexplicable things do happen. Learning and practicing an art or a skill has…

— Pattiann Rogers

I'm primarily a poet, so I'd have to say in my case I'd investigate the mystery in poetry in a different way…

— Pattiann Rogers

I don't write or think too much about the word "salvation." I might; I probably should. We are such needy creatures, needing…

— Pattiann Rogers

I'd rather call prose poems something else, for clarity - something like "poetic prose," prose that contains a quality of poetry, but…

— Pattiann Rogers

For me, prose is never a poem. Because with prose there are so very few tools to create the music. And one…

— Pattiann Rogers

Poetry is very playful with language. I think all poetry, at its heart, is playful. It's doing unusual and playful things with…

— Pattiann Rogers

“The Highest Octaves of Light Sands, in wild winds of surging waves Over the desert dunes, sing with the tones Of tiny…

— Pattiann Rogers

Poetry uses language to create a music borne inside human experiences and emotions.

— Pattiann Rogers

I'm all in favor of poets telling about the process as much as they can. And many do.

— Pattiann Rogers

To my mind, most prose poems are more prose than poetry. They don't possess most of the qualities of a poem.

— Pattiann Rogers

Often when I write poetry I don't quite know what I'm saying myself. I mean, I can't restate the poem. The meaning…

— Pattiann Rogers

Straight up from this road Away from the fitted particles of frost Coating the hull of each chick pea, And the stiff…

— Pattiann Rogers

I like poetry because poetry - even in free verse - is formal, and it has to be very concise and packed…

— Pattiann Rogers

How can I appreciate light from an aging sun shining through new configurations neither pine nor ash? How can I extol the…

— Pattiann Rogers

“Statement Preliminary to the Invention of Solace Whether they bend as compliantly as black leaves Curved and hanging in the heavy dew…

— Pattiann Rogers

It sounds old-fashioned to say, but we have some kind of purpose for being here, not poets or writers, but all of…

— Pattiann Rogers

A poetic list is a talent in itself. You can write a list of things, and it can be boring.

— Pattiann Rogers

My object when writing prose is to write as clearly as possible. I think I know what I'm saying in prose, and…

— Pattiann Rogers

“Don't you know This is precisely what I seek, mad myself To envelope every last drupe and pearl shaped ovule, Every nip…

— Pattiann Rogers

“Seeing the God statement Suppose the statement Blessed Are the pure in heart, for they shall see God were placed like a…

— Pattiann Rogers