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- A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become. — W. H. Auden
- There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking. — Jean de la Bruyere
- Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing. — Edmund Burke
- Some people swear by writing courses, but whether it really helps American poetry, I have doubts. — Robert Morgan
- I learned to impersonate the kind of person that talks about poetry. It comes from teaching, I think. — Robert Morgan
- Philip Larkin has a tough honesty and sense of humor that I find irresistible, as a contemporary poet. — Robert Morgan