Robert Morgan
Robert Morgan
doe modern categorization
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.
cancel playing worse
To cancel would be worse PR than playing it,
benefits drivers pay
While pay and benefits were important, they weren't real drivers of retention.
fiction language invisible
In the best fiction, the language itself can become almost invisible.
writing parent sensitive
Neither of my parents has been very sensitive about my writing.
memorable problem poetry-is
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.
new-york cities long
I have taught students from the New York City area so long I have a special affinity and rapport with them. It surprises me sometimes that there are students from anywhere else.
discovery voice gestures
A poem in form still has to have voice, gesture, a sense of discovery, a metaphoric connection, as any poetry does.
break-through asian watches
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.
people labels use
Some people want to call me an Appalachian writer, even though I know some people use regional labels to belittle.
writing southern narrative
Southern poets are still writing narrative poems, poems in forms, dramatic poems.
discovery interesting long
I love to create interesting textures with language. You can do it as long as it seems like a discovery.
book three mature
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.
special details way
With prose you can incorporate more details, develop scenes, sustain the tension in a special way. Prose has its own speed.