"The community of poets I belong to is……" — 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."
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27 Quotes by John Barton
John Barton has 27 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
- I consider a poem to be a kind of experiment where a number of elements are brought together under test…
- I have become intrigued with the combining of seemingly unrelated ideas or images, or the drawing upon the many, sometimes…
- The point of an experiment is not to arrive at a predetermined end point, to prove or disprove anything, but…
- An experienced reader uses the poem as an agent of inquiry. This makes poetry very exciting, unstable, and interactive.
- Some readers allow their prejudices to blind them. A good reader knows how to disregard inappropriate responses.
- No poem is easily grasped; so why should any reader expect fast results?
- Reading should be a repeat performance.
- You can never step into the same book twice, because you are different each time you read it.
- Most victims of my autobiographical verse are either far too polite, remarkably understanding unaware that I have written poems about…
- Poetry is but another form of inquiry into the nature of phenomena, using with its own unique procedures and tools.
- In the past, poetry came in the form of spells and chants used to effect change.
- If poetry alters the way in which the reader views the world, then it has had its desired effect.