“In poetry I can let the language go, allow an image that seems out of place to enter and see what happens, always listening to the music that's being created, just like the world around us, never predictable, always shifting and intertwining, reflecting and echoing itself.” WorldI CanSeemsHappensLanguageListeningShiftingReflectingPredictable Author:Pattiann Rogers
“Poetry is so close to music, not just in cadence and sound but in silences. That's why, to me, I can't talk about prose poems. I can talk about poetic prose.” I CanSoundSilenceProsePoetry IsPoeticCadence Author:Pattiann Rogers
“As far as I can tell, writing the essays didn't change the way I wrote poetry. Although the essays contain scattered passages that might be called lyrical, they often contain closed statements of what is only suggested in the poetry.” WayWritingI CanMightStatementsPassagesEssaysLyrical Author: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 of the poem is the poem.” KnowsWritingMeanI Can Author:Pattiann Rogers
