John Barton
John Barton
inevitably lives pull
Poets can't resist the dramatic pull of their lives and so inevitably write autobiographical verse.
experience obsessed passage vulnerable
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.
combining intrigued meanings might seemingly unrelated
I have become intrigued with the combining of seemingly unrelated ideas or images, or the drawing upon the many, sometimes dissimilar, meanings a word might have.
I feel very connected to poets across the country.
administer exhausting
I find it exhausting to administer a magazine without an office or paid staff.
absurd amused became colours decides hot intrigued
I became intrigued with colour theory. The absurd pronouncements of the Colour Institute, a group that decides what colours are hot each year or season, amused me.
chose poems relative
I would not say I chose to write long poems on a conscious level. The long poem has been a relative constant.
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Jake has done a nice job, but all three of our receivers have, but people worry about Jake on the deep ball.
audience censor others poets realise sensitive
Poets have to be sensitive to their audience, but it does not mean that they censor themselves. I realise my audience is diverse. Some will read with empathy and curiosity while others will take offense.
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Poetry is but another form of inquiry into the nature of phenomena, using with its own unique procedures and tools.
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Our attorney will strongly defend the agency in this case,
people
We have to have people in the right position, we have to do something to get in straight.
god ideal
Who is the ideal reader? God only knows.
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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.