“I like poetry because poetry - even in free verse - is formal, and it has to be very concise and packed and rich, and I like the feeling of having to do that, having to make the language tight and still free, as if the deepest freedom is created by the restrictions.” IfsStillsFeelingsLanguageRichPoetry IsVersesFormalRestrictionConciseFree Verse 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
“One of the most important differences I see between prose and poetry is the music of the language.” ImportantLanguageDifferencesProsePoetry IsProse And Poetry Author: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, stirring it up. And prose is not doing that. Primarily it's not attempting to do that.” ThinkingHeartLanguageProsePoetry IsUnusualAttemptingStirring Author:Pattiann Rogers
