Some people swear by writing courses, but whether it really helps American poetry, I have doubts. — Robert Morgan Courses Copy Share Image
“We don’t know a tenth of what there is to know,” Mr. Pendergast said. “Why we don’t even know a sixth.” — robert morgan Copy Share Image
In the late 60s and early 70s, I did get interested in voices, and in narration and embodying the voice, making the… — Robert Morgan Late Copy Share Image
I seem to keep returning to my father in poems because his personality was so extreme, so driven. He did everything to… — Robert Morgan Father Copy Share Image
I learned to impersonate the kind of person that talks about poetry. It comes from teaching, I think. — Robert Morgan Education Copy Share Image
Part of what we love about poetry is the fact that it seems ancient, that it has an authority of ancient language… — Robert Morgan Ancient Copy Share Image
The best books of our times have included the three mature volumes of Philip Larkin. They're very short books of poems, and… — Robert Morgan Book 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… — Robert Morgan Essence Copy Share Image
I love chapbooks. They're in some ways the ideal form in which to publish and read poems. You can read 19 poems… — Robert Morgan Down Copy Share Image
Teaching writing over the years intrudes on your own writing in important ways, taking away some of the excitement of poetry. — Robert Morgan Education Copy Share Image
“According to UNICEF, if ninety school buses filled with preschoolers crashed every day with no survivors, the world would notice. Yet that’s… — Robert Morgan Every day Copy Share Image
I tell students they will know they are getting somewhere when a scene is so painful they can just barely bring themselves… — Robert Morgan Blood Copy Share Image
“The best way to develop an abiding awareness of God’s presence is to speak to Him often in prayer.” — Robert Morgan Prayer Copy Share Image
In the best fiction, the language itself can become almost invisible. — Robert Morgan Fiction Copy Share Image
Among the American contemporaries I read with most enjoyment are several North Carolinians. I think the best poetry being written these days… — Robert Morgan Enjoyment Copy Share Image
What actually makes poetry poetry is of course impossible to define. We recognize it when we hear it, when we see it,… — Robert Morgan Impossible Copy Share Image
I considered going to film school; I took a course in film and was very interested in filmmaking as well as film… — Robert Morgan Cinema Copy Share Image
In the later books I am much more at home in the use of language to describe things. I had never thought… — Robert Morgan Book Copy Share Image
“God never gives guidance for two steps at a time. I must take one step, and then I get light for the… — Robert Morgan Freedom Copy Share Image
The fact that something is in a rhymed form or in blank verse will not make it good poetry. — Robert Morgan Blank Copy Share Image
