When you have an idea for a story, you want those characters to reach as many people as you can. I think you normally think of prose as a way of doing that. It fits our time, the culture. Robert Morgan characterculturefit Change image and share on social
I don't think the creative writing industry has helped American poetry. Robert Morgan americancreativehelp Change image and share on social
One of the most powerful devices of poetry is the use of distortions. You can go from talking about the way a minute passes to the way a century passes, or a lifetime. Robert Morgan centurydevicedistortion Change image and share on social
I encourage students to pursue an idea far enough so they can see what the cliches and stereotypes are. Only then do they begin to hit pay dirt. Robert Morgan beginclichedirt Change image and share on social
One of the most powerful devices is to distort time, to go from human time to atomic time, geologic time. Sometimes you can actually accomplish that, with one unexpected word choice. Robert Morgan accomplishatomicchoice Change image and share on social
The young people have MTV and rock and roll. Why would they go to read poetry? Poetry belongs to the Stone Age. It awakens in us perceptions that go back to those times. Robert Morgan ageawakenback Change image and share on social
Southern poets are still writing narrative poems, poems in forms, dramatic poems. Robert Morgan dramaticformnarrative Change image and share on social
I did not have a very literary background. I came to poetry from the sciences and mathematics, and also through an interest in Japanese and Chinese poetry in translation. Robert Morgan backgroundchineseinterest Change image and share on social
Part of what we love about poetry is the fact that it seems ancient, that it has an authority of ancient language and ancient form, and that it's timeless, that it reaches back. Robert Morgan ancientauthorityback Change image and share on social
Among the American contemporaries I read with most enjoyment are several North Carolinians. I think the best poetry being written these days is being written by Southerners. Robert Morgan americancaroliniancontemporary Change image and share on social