Creation Quote by Pattiann Rogers

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

— 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 must stream…

— 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 always been…

— 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 than prose…

— 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 to be…

— Pattiann Rogers

I'd rather call prose poems something else, for clarity - something like "poetic prose," prose that contains a quality of poetry, but not poems.

— Pattiann Rogers

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

— 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 the language,…

— Pattiann Rogers

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

— Pattiann Rogers