Reading should be a repeat performance. John Barton performancereadrepeat Change image and share on social
No poem is easily grasped; so why should any reader expect fast results? John Barton easilyexpectfast Change image and share on social
Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems. John Barton conversationenterinspire Change image and share on social
We are comfortable with the fact that we cannot know personally what happened in the world before we were born, yet we are uncomfortable with the notion that we will stop engaging with time at some point in the future. John Barton bearcomfortableengage share on social
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. John Barton afterwardfailgive Change image and share on social
Most victims of my autobiographical verse are either far too polite, remarkably understanding unaware that I have written poems about them. John Barton autobiographicalpoempolite Change image and share on social
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. John Barton combinedissimilardraw Change image and share on social
I find it exhausting to administer a magazine without an office or paid staff. John Barton administerexhaustfind Change image and share on social
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. John Barton bringconditioncreate Change image and share on social
