The decision to write in prose instead of poetry is made more by the readers than by writers. Almost no one is interested in reading narrative in verse. Robert Morgan decisioninterestmake Change image and share on social
The best books of our times have included the three mature volumes of Philip Larkin. They're very short books of poems, and very carefully arranged. Robert Morgan arrangebookcarefully Change image and share on social
The idea of avant-garde art is a very suspicious thing to me, the idea that poetry is new and it keeps being new the way Chevrolets every year are new. Robert Morgan artavantchevrolet Change image and share on social
The fact that something is in a rhymed form or in blank verse will not make it good poetry. Robert Morgan blankfactform Change image and share on social
I write as a way of keeping myself going. You build your life around writing, and it's what gets you through. So it's partly just curiosity to see what you can do. Robert Morgan buildcuriositykeep Change image and share on social
Teaching writing over the years intrudes on your own writing in important ways, taking away some of the excitement of poetry. Robert Morgan excitementimportantintrude Change image and share on social
With prose you can incorporate more details, develop scenes, sustain the tension in a special way. Prose has its own speed. Robert Morgan detaildevelopincorporate Change image and share on social
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 alchemyartdelightful Change image and share on social
I love to create interesting textures with language. You can do it as long as it seems like a discovery. Robert Morgan creatediscoveryinterest Change image and share on social
What actually makes poetry poetry is of course impossible to define. We recognize it when we hear it, when we see it, but we can't define it. Robert Morgan definehearimpossible Change image and share on social