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Robert Morgan quotes about thinking

American Poet

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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
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. Robert Morgan
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
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
Robert Morgan quote: "I learned to impersonate the kind of person that talks about..."
I learned to impersonate the kind of person that talks about poetry. It comes from teaching, I think. Robert Morgan
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
Robert Morgan quote: "I don't think the creative writing industry has helped..."
I don't think the creative writing industry has helped American poetry. Robert Morgan
Robert Morgan quote: "I think that it's more likely that in my 60s and 70s I will be..."
I think that it's more likely that in my 60s and 70s I will be writing poetry rather than fiction. Robert Morgan

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