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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

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Robert Morgan
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: October 3
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Hendersonville
North Carolina
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