Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems.
More Quotes from John Barton:
Some readers allow their prejudices to blind them. A good reader knows how to disregard inappropriate responses.John Barton
Poetry is but another form of inquiry into the nature of phenomena, using with its own unique procedures and tools.
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 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
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
To me many short poems read and write like beginnings that simply whet my appetite; I want to get over that.
John Barton
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