Robert Morgan
Robert Morgan
thinking essence taught
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.
writing thinking creative
I don't think the creative writing industry has helped American poetry.
teaching thinking kind
I learned to impersonate the kind of person that talks about poetry. It comes from teaching, I think.
writing thinking fiction
I think that it's more likely that in my 60s and 70s I will be writing poetry rather than fiction.
writing past thinking
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.
character thinking ideas
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.
thinking these-days best-poetry
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.
art thinking way
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.
help libraries
I like libraries a lot. I like to help libraries.
earnings headline names positive results
Once all the results are in, I think this is going to be a positive earnings season. Some of the headline names have disappointed.
careful choice compare evoke love poem poetry throw time words
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.
demands private recognize side
It's important to recognize people's demands from the private side of life.
creative dinner feed lunch seems
Breakfast, lunch and dinner every day. It seems like the better we feed them, the more creative they are.
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I'd always heard about that battle. As I got older and studied military history, I found that the Battle of Cowpens was studied all over the world.