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John Barton Quotes

Canadian - Poet | -

In the past, poetry came in the form of spells and chants used to effect change.

Change Past Poetry In The Past Used

If poetry alters the way in which the reader views the world, then it has had its desired effect.

Poetry World Way Effect Views Then

The experiment of the poem is mostly intuitive. I write the first draft, pulling in the various elements that interest me, in the hope that their being combined will lead to some kind of insight.

Hope Me Kind Will Insight First

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.

Sometimes Will Years Up Something

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.

Me Year Group Hot Colour Theory

The poet must decide not to impose his feelings in order to write without sentimentality.

Feelings Write Without Decide Poet

A literary journal is intended to connect writer with reader; the role of the editor is to mediate.

Journal Connect Role Writer Editor

I find it exhausting to administer a magazine without an office or paid staff.

Find Office Without Magazine Paid

I feel very connected to poets across the country.

Feel Country Connected I Feel Poets

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.

Community Children Become Belong

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.

Respect Writing Privacy Sometimes

Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems.

Poetry Reading Conversation Sometimes

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