The young people have MTV and rock and roll. Why would they go to read poetry? Poetry belongs to the Stone Age. It awakens in us perceptions that go back to those times. – Robert Morgan
I dont think the creative writing industry has helped American poetry. – Robert Morgan
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
I did not have a very literary background. I came to poetry from the sciences and mathematics, and also through an interest in Japanese and Chinese poetry in translation. – Robert Morgan