We anticipated it. We were not surprised by it. We were set up to handle the fake, but the kid made a play. He is a playmaker.
More Quotes from John Barton:
You can never step into the same book twice, because you are different each time you read it.John Barton
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.
John Barton
A literary journal is intended to connect writer with reader; the role of the editor is to mediate.
John Barton
I have been told my poems unfold in such a way that it is not at all obvious from the outset where they are going or how they will end.
John Barton
The community of poets I belong to is not as close as it used to be, if only for the fact that our lives have become busier: jobs, children, and the like.
John Barton
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