"The fact that something is in a rhymed form or in blank verse will not make it good poetry." ― Robert Morgan Topic(s): Poetry More From Robert Morgan "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." "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." "Young writers only take off when they find their subjects. Since almost everyone has a family and stories about family, that is often a place to start." More In Poetry "You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you."― Joseph Joubert "Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind."― Don Marquis "Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one."― Thomas Paine