Robert Morgan
Robert Morgan
beyond business ease element greed minds petroleum price recent responding whether
We would like to put people's minds at ease as to whether the petroleum business is responding to circumstances that are beyond its control, or if there is an element of greed in the recent price increases,
cancel playing worse
To cancel would be worse PR than playing it,
influence lose power sure
We would not want to lose one person over this, and will do everything in our power and influence to make sure that doesn't happen,
creative dinner feed lunch seems
Breakfast, lunch and dinner every day. It seems like the better we feed them, the more creative they are.
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.
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.
discovery interesting long
I love to create interesting textures with language. You can do it as long as it seems like a discovery.