Quote by Robert Morgan
A poem in form still has to have voice, gesture, a sense of discov

A poem in form still has to have voice, gesture, a sense of discovery, a metaphoric connection, as any poetry does. – Robert Morgan

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Philip Larkin has a tough honesty and sense of humor that I find irresistible, as a contemporary poet. – Robert Morgan

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You have to really dive deep back into yourself and get rid of so much modern analytical categorization. Its one of the great things poetry does. – Robert Morgan

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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. – Robert Morgan

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Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth. – Samuel Johnson

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Every American poet feels that the whole responsibility for contemporary poetry has fallen upon his shoulders, that he is a literary aristocracy of one. – W. H. Auden

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Ive always written, all my life, and when I was very young I developed an interest in poetry. – Jeffery Deaver

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The crown of literature is poetry. – W. Somerset Maugham

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