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“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.”

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Pattiann Rogers

Pattiann Rogers is an American poet born on March 23, 1940. Her poetry is known for its profound emotion and rich imagination, covering themes such as nature, history, and human experience. more

“I approach writing a poem in a much different state than when I am writing prose. It's almost as if I were working in a different language when I'm writing poetry. The words - what they are and what they can become - the possibilities of the words are vastly expanded for me when I'm writing a poem.”

Ifs Writing Different States Language Possibility Approach Prose Writing Poetry Different Languages

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

Quality Clarity Prose Poetic

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“To my mind, most prose poems are more prose than poetry. They don't possess most of the qualities of a poem.”

Mind Quality Prose

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

Important Language Differences Prose Poetry Is Prose And Poetry

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“I think my prose - mine and that of others - sometimes slips into a cadence or rhythm that can replicate or come close to the music in a wonderful poem, and then it returns to the sound of prose.”

Thinking Sometimes Sound Wonderful Mines Return Rhythm Prose Slips Cadence Replicate

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“The silences express so much and are so crucial in music, and prose does not allow for the creation of these silences, these white spaces on the page or the computer screen.”

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“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.”

Thinking Heart Language Prose Poetry Is Unusual Attempting Stirring

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