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Robert Morgan quotes: The fact that something is in a rhymed form or in blank verse will not make it good poetry.

The fact that something is in a rhymed form or in blank verse will not make it good poetry.

Robert Morgan quotes: A poem in form still has to have voice, gesture, a sense of discovery, a metaphoric connection, as any poetry does.

A poem in form still has to have voice, gesture, a sense of discovery, a metaphoric connection, as any poetry does.

Robert Morgan quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Neither of my parents has been very sensitive about my writing.

Neither of my parents has been very sensitive about my writing.

Robert Morgan quotes: I learned to impersonate the kind of person that talks about poetry. It comes from teaching, I think.

I learned to impersonate the kind of person that talks about poetry. It comes from teaching, I think.

Robert Morgan quotes: If people associate me with a region, that's fine with me.

If people associate me with a region, that's fine with me.

Robert Morgan quotes: Young writers find their first audience in little magazines, and experimental writers find their only audience there.

Young writers find their first audience in little magazines, and experimental writers find their only audience there.

Robert Morgan quotes: Poetry, almost by definition, calls attention to its language and form.

Poetry, almost by definition, calls attention to its language and form.

Robert Morgan quotes: I seem to keep returning to my father in poems because his personality was so extreme, so driven. He did everything to excess.

I seem to keep returning to my father in poems because his personality was so extreme, so driven. He did everything to excess.

Robert Morgan quotes: With prose you can incorporate more details, develop scenes, sustain the tension in a special way. Prose has its own speed.

With prose you can incorporate more details, develop scenes, sustain the tension in a special way. Prose has its own speed.

Robert Morgan quotes: A lot of my students are Asian-American, and it has been thrilling to watch them break through the stereotypes into something alive and surprising.

A lot of my students are Asian-American, and it has been thrilling to watch them break through the stereotypes into something alive and surprising.

Robert Morgan quotes: We have a lot of long narrative poems written in the 20th century, but they're not very well known, and they're not read by very many people.

We have a lot of long narrative poems written in the 20th century, but they're not very well known, and they're not read by very many people.

Robert Morgan quotes: The great watershed of modern poetry is French, more than English.

The great watershed of modern poetry is French, more than English.

Robert Morgan quotes: Maybe the example of Southern fiction writing has been so powerful that Southern poets have sort of keyed themselves to that.

Maybe the example of Southern fiction writing has been so powerful that Southern poets have sort of keyed themselves to that.

Robert Morgan quotes: In the best fiction, the language itself can become almost invisible.

In the best fiction, the language itself can become almost invisible.

Robert Morgan quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Fiction is about intimacy with characters, events, places.

Fiction is about intimacy with characters, events, places.

Robert Morgan quotes: Philip Larkin has a tough honesty and sense of humor that I find irresistible, as a contemporary poet.

Philip Larkin has a tough honesty and sense of humor that I find irresistible, as a contemporary poet.

Robert Morgan quotes: I don't think the creative writing industry has helped American poetry.

I don't think the creative writing industry has helped American poetry.

Robert Morgan quotes: You have to really dive deep back into yourself and get rid of so much modern analytical categorization. It's one of the great things poetry does.

You have to really dive deep back into yourself and get rid of so much modern analytical categorization. It's one of the great things poetry does.

Robert Morgan quotes: I think that it's more likely that in my 60s and 70s I will be writing poetry rather than fiction.

I think that it's more likely that in my 60s and 70s I will be writing poetry rather than fiction.

Robert Morgan quotes: 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.

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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Pound's translation of Chinese poetry was maybe the most important thing I read. Eliot a little bit later.

Pound's translation of Chinese poetry was maybe the most important thing I read. Eliot a little bit later.

Robert Morgan quotes: I considered going to film school; I took a course in film and was very interested in filmmaking as well as film writing.

I considered going to film school; I took a course in film and was very interested in filmmaking as well as film writing.

Robert Morgan quotes: I love to create interesting textures with language. You can do it as long as it seems like a discovery.

I love to create interesting textures with language. You can do it as long as it seems like a discovery.

Robert Morgan quotes: Some people swear by writing courses, but whether it really helps American poetry, I have doubts.

Some people swear by writing courses, but whether it really helps American poetry, I have doubts.

Robert Morgan quotes: Southern poets are still writing narrative poems, poems in forms, dramatic poems.

Southern poets are still writing narrative poems, poems in forms, dramatic poems.

Robert Morgan quotes: Teaching writing over the years intrudes on your own writing in important ways, taking away some of the excitement of poetry.

Teaching writing over the years intrudes on your own writing in important ways, taking away some of the excitement of poetry.

Robert Morgan quotes: Some people want to call me an Appalachian writer, even though I know some people use regional labels to belittle.

Some people want to call me an Appalachian writer, even though I know some people use regional labels to belittle.

Robert Morgan quotes: In the later books I am much more at home in the use of language to describe things. I had never thought of that until a critic pointed that out.

In the later books I am much more at home in the use of language to describe things. I had never thought of that until a critic pointed that out.

Robert Morgan quotes: Distance not only gives nostalgia, but perspective, and maybe objectivity.

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

Robert Morgan quotes: 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.

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.