“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.” ThinkingWrittenThese DaysEnjoymentPoetry IsSouthernerBest Poetry Author: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.” ThinkingWayArtSizeTinyPoetry IsDelightfulAlchemy Author: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.” PeopleThinkingWayWantIdeasCharacterStoriesCultureFitOur TimeProse Author: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.” ThinkingYoungTeachTaughtEssencePoetry IsYoung Writers Author:Robert Morgan
“I don't think the creative writing industry has helped American poetry.” ThinkingWritingCreativeIndustryCreative WritingAmerican Poetry Author:Robert Morgan
“I learned to impersonate the kind of person that talks about poetry. It comes from teaching, I think.” ThinkingKindPersonsTeachingImpersonate Author:Robert Morgan
“I think that it's more likely that in my 60s and 70s I will be writing poetry rather than fiction.” ThinkingWritingFictionWriting Poetry Author: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.” ThinkingWritingYearsHas BeensEnoughSeemsPastFictionCreativeProgramCreative WritingAmerican Poetry Author:Robert Morgan
