Cases Quote by 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 might investigate it, in a way that includes the power of the music of language and maybe more imaginatively in poetry, but I don't really know about better or worse. I guess it…” quote by Pattiann Rogers — Download Open image

“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 might investigate it, in a way that includes the power of the music of language and maybe more imaginatively in poetry, but I don't really know about better or worse. I guess it depends on the writer.”

Pattiann Rogers

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (8 ratings)

Cases Depends Different Different ways Knows Language Might Music Mystery Poet Poetry Prose Way Writing

More 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

Image

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

Pattiann Rogers

Image

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

Pattiann Rogers

Image

“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

Image

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

Pattiann Rogers

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

Image

“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

Image

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

Pattiann Rogers

Image

Explore all 53 Pattiann Rogers quotes

More Cases quotes

The time that one gains cannot be accumulated in a storehouse; it is contradictory to want to save up existence, which, the fact is,…

Simone de Beauvoir

Image

It can sometimes make people fold into themselves and kind of run away, but I think in this case these characters are being forced…

Emily Deschanel

Image

I'd always have grease in at least two places, in case the umpires would ask me to wipe one off. I never wanted to…

Gaylord Perry

Image

Islam never differentiates between men and women as regards political rights and puts them on an equal footing. However, even if a woman is…

Yusuf al-Qaradawi

Image

You gonna take the case?" It's not a case. It's a missing person. Sort of." You're gonna have a devil of a time finding…

Janet Evanovich

Image

I think we've all had enough of Coltrane saxophonists. There's a case of someone ruining a generation of saxophonists, as Louis Armstrong may have…

Paul Bley

Image

Every wife ought to answer for her man. If the husband be engaged in a seditious club, or drinks mysterious healths, or be frugal…

Joseph Addison

Image

The world around us is an increasingly hostile and sinful place. Occasionally that splashes onto us, and perhaps, in the case of a few…

Jeffrey R. Holland

Image

If you followed the media you'd think that everybody in Africa was starving to death, and that's not the case; so it's important to…

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Image

[As in the case of] alcohol prohibition, illegality has driven organized crime, sent countless people to jail, and killed many thousands. Repression does not…

Sam Branson