“I've spent much of my life being attuned to watching for an image or a phrase that can trigger what might be a poem - could become a poem.” MightPhrasesTriggers Author: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 depends on the writer.” KnowsWayDifferentMightLanguageCasesMysteryPoetDependsDifferent WaysProse 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
“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 saved, to feel we are saved or might be, however we define ourselves, however we define that word.” ThinkingFeelsShouldWritingMightToo MuchCreaturesSalvationSavedNeedy Author:Pattiann Rogers
