Quote of the day
A monarchy is the most expensive of all forms of government, the regal state requiring a costly parade, and he who depends on his own power to rule, must strengthen that power by bribing the active and enterprising whom he cannot intimidate.
Pattiann Rogers

Born: March 23, 1940 (age 86)
Bio: Pattiann Rogers is an American poet, and is on the faculty of the low residency MFA Program in Creative Writing at Pacific University.
Known for:
- Firekeeper (1994)
- The dream of the Marsh Wren (1999)
- Holy Heathen Rhapsody (2013)
- Song of the world becoming (2001)
- The expectations of light (1981)






