Alchemy is the art of far and near, and I think poetry is alchemy in that way. It's delightful to distort size, to see something that's tiny as though it were vast. — Robert Morgan Copy Share Image
I don't think poetry is something that can be taught. We can encourage young writers, but what you can't teach them is the very essence of poetry. — Robert Morgan Copy Share Image
I think that it's more likely that in my 60s and 70s I will be writing poetry rather than fiction. — Robert Morgan Copy Share Image
With prose you can incorporate more details, develop scenes, sustain the tension in a special way. Prose has its own speed. — Robert Morgan Copy Share Image
When you have an idea for a story, you want those characters to reach as many people as you can. I think you normally… — Robert Morgan Copy Share Image
What language shall I borrow To thank Thee, dearest Friend, For this, Thy dying sorrow, Thy pity without end? O make me Thine forever,… — Robert Morgan Copy Share Image
I love to create interesting textures with language. You can do it as long as it seems like a discovery. — Robert Morgan Copy Share Image
The Black Mountain poet I like most is the early Creeley. Those early poems seem very lyrical and very traditional, with a lot of… — Robert Morgan Copy Share Image
Philip Larkin has a tough honesty and sense of humor that I find irresistible, as a contemporary poet. — Robert Morgan Copy Share Image
The decision to write in prose instead of poetry is made more by the readers than by writers. Almost no one is interested in… — Robert Morgan Copy Share Image
I don't think the creative writing industry has helped American poetry. — Robert Morgan Copy Share Image
Distance not only gives nostalgia, but perspective, and maybe objectivity. — Robert Morgan Copy Share Image
Our most famous writers are Faulkner and Eudora Welty and Flannery O'Connor. It would make sense that the poetry would reflect some of those… — Robert Morgan Copy Share Image
Poetry, almost by definition, calls attention to its language and form. — Robert Morgan Copy Share Image
The young people have MTV and rock and roll. Why would they go to read poetry? Poetry belongs to the Stone Age. It awakens… — Robert Morgan Copy Share Image
