Robert Morgan

Distance not only gives nostalgia, but perspective, and maybe objectivity.

The Black Mountain poet I like most is the early Creeley. Those early poems seem very lyrical and very traditional, with a lot of voice and character.

I don't think American poetry has gotten any better in the past 35 years. Oddly enough, creative writing programs seem to have been good for fiction, and I would not have predicted that.

Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.

It goes all the way back to 'Psycho.' Movies with twists like that are memorable because they're so simple.

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.