John Barton Quotes
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Most victims of my autobiographical verse are either far too polite, remarkably understanding unaware that I have written poems about them.
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My obsession with time informs my poetry so completely it is hard for me to summarize it. We want time to pass, for new things to happen to us, we want to hold on to certain moments, we don't want our lives to end.
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A literary journal is intended to connect writer with reader; the role of the editor is to mediate.
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I feel very connected to poets across the country.
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In the past, poetry came in the form of spells and chants used to effect change.
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Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems.
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I have become intrigued with the combining of seemingly unrelated ideas or images, or the drawing upon the many, sometimes dissimilar, meanings a word might have.
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The point of an experiment is not to arrive at a predetermined end point, to prove or disprove anything, but to deliver a poem that reveals much about the process taken.