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John Barton quotes

Canadian Poet

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John Barton quote: "Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into..."
Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems. John Barton
I sometimes like to tinker with poems that have failed, ones that I have sent aside. Even years afterward, I will revisit them if there is something about them that I cannot give up on. John Barton
I have always been very obsessed with time. Time's passage makes us all very vulnerable and because we all experience it in our own way, it can make us feel very alone. John Barton
John Barton quote: "To me many short poems read and write like beginnings that..."
To me many short poems read and write like beginnings that simply whet my appetite; I want to get over that. John Barton
John Barton quote: "You can never step into the same book twice, because you are..."
You can never step into the same book twice, because you are different each time you read it. John Barton
We are comfortable with the fact that we cannot know personally what happened in the world before we were born, yet we are uncomfortable with the notion that we will stop engaging with time at some point in the future. John Barton
John Barton quote: "In the past, poetry came in the form of spells and chants used..."
In the past, poetry came in the form of spells and chants used to effect change. John Barton
John Barton quote: "Poetry is but another form of inquiry into the nature of..."
Poetry is but another form of inquiry into the nature of phenomena, using with its own unique procedures and tools. John Barton
The experiment of the poem is mostly intuitive. I write the first draft, pulling in the various elements that interest me, in the hope that their being combined will lead to some kind of insight. John Barton
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. John Barton
John Barton quote: "Some readers allow their prejudices to blind them. A good..."
Some readers allow their prejudices to blind them. A good reader knows how to disregard inappropriate responses. John Barton
Writing can sometimes be exploitative. I like to take a few steps of remove in order to respect the privacy of the subject. If readers make the link, they have engaged with the poem. John Barton
I consider a poem to be a kind of experiment where a number of elements are brought together under test conditions to see how they will interact to create meaning or relevance. John Barton
John Barton quote: "Who is the ideal reader? God only knows."
Who is the ideal reader? God only knows. John Barton
John Barton quote: "The reader's challenge is to replicate the experiment by..."
The reader's challenge is to replicate the experiment by reading the poem and to draw their own conclusions. John Barton

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