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.
Pattiann RogersI 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.
Pattiann RogersTo my mind, most prose poems are more prose than poetry. They don't possess most of the qualities of a poem.
Pattiann RogersA poetic list is a talent in itself. You can write a list of things, and it can be boring.
Pattiann Rogers