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Robert Morgan Quotes

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Young writers find their first audience in little magazines, and experimental writers find their only audience there Picture Quote #1

With prose you can incorporate more details, develop scenes, sustain the tension in a special way. Prose has its own speed Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Philip Larkin has a tough honesty and sense of humor that I find irresistible, as a contemporary poet Picture Quote #1

Pound's translation of Chinese poetry was maybe the most important thing I read. Eliot a little bit later Picture Quote #1

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Teaching writing over the years intrudes on your own writing in important ways, taking away some of the excitement of poetry Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The Language Poets are writing only about language itself. The Ashbery poets are writing only about poetry itself. That seems to me a kind of dead end Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Young writers only take off when they find their subjects. Since almost everyone has a family and stories about family, that is often a place to start Picture Quote #1

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A poem in form still has to have voice, gesture, a sense of discovery, a metaphoric connection, as any poetry does Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I learned to impersonate the kind of person that talks about poetry. It comes from teaching, I think Picture Quote #1

I think that it’s more likely that in my 60s and 70s I will be writing poetry rather than fiction Picture Quote #1

If a poem is not memorable, there’s probably something wrong. One of the problems of free verse is that much of the free verse poetry is not memorable Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

I considered going to film school; I took a course in film and was very interested in filmmaking as well as film writing Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I love to create interesting textures with language. You can do it as long as it seems like a discovery Picture Quote #1

I seem to keep returning to my father in poems because his personality was so extreme, so driven. He did everything to excess Picture Quote #1

I love to compare different time frames. Poetry can evoke the time of the subject. By a very careful choice of words you can evoke an era, completely throw the poem into a different time scale Picture Quote #1

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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 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 (Robert Morgan Quotes) 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 Quotes) Young writers find their first audience in little magazines, and experimental writers find their only audience there (Robert Morgan Quotes) With prose you can incorporate more details, develop scenes, sustain the tension in a special way. Prose has its own speed (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 (Robert Morgan Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) Philip Larkin has a tough honesty and sense of humor that I find irresistible, as a contemporary poet (Robert Morgan Quotes) Pound's translation of Chinese poetry was maybe the most important thing I read. Eliot a little bit later (Robert Morgan Quotes) Teaching writing over the years intrudes on your own writing in important ways, taking away some of the excitement of poetry (Robert Morgan Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) The Language Poets are writing only about language itself. The Ashbery poets are writing only about poetry itself. That seems to me a kind of dead end (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 (Robert Morgan Quotes) Young writers only take off when they find their subjects. Since almost everyone has a family and stories about family, that is often a place to start (Robert Morgan Quotes) 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 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 Quotes) I learned to impersonate the kind of person that talks about poetry. It comes from teaching, I think (Robert Morgan Quotes) I think that it’s more likely that in my 60s and 70s I will be writing poetry rather than fiction (Robert Morgan Quotes) If a poem is not memorable, there’s probably something wrong. One of the problems of free verse is that much of the free verse poetry is not memorable (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 (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 (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 (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 (Robert Morgan Quotes) I love to create interesting textures with language. You can do it as long as it seems like a discovery (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 (Robert Morgan Quotes) I love to compare different time frames. Poetry can evoke the time of the subject. By a very careful choice of words you can evoke an era, completely throw the poem into a different time scale (Robert Morgan Quotes)

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