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John Barton

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Quotes by John Barton

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Reading should be a repeat performance.
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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.
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The greatest satisfaction comes from publishing interesting poems and well written, thoughtful critical material, and to help build a community.
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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.
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How does any place influence one's poetry? Sometimes I joke that Hypothesis is about an Alberta boy's struggle to have French boyfriends.
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I never yelled, never screamed. I was in shock that it was still going on.
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In the past, poetry came in the form of spells and chants used to effect change.
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In the first accident, the silver Toyota Tundra smashed into the back of the red Ford truck, probably because of the smoke.
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If poetry alters the way in which the reader views the world, then it has had its desired effect.
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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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