"An experienced reader uses the poem as an agent of inquiry. This makes poetry very exciting, unstable, and interactive."
-John Barton
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"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.“
-John Barton
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"Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems."
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"No poem is easily grasped so why should any reader expect fast results?"
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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."
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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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"In the past, poetry came in the form of spells and chants used to effect change."
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"Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women."
-Gordon B. Hinckley
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"We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart."
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"Someday I want to be rich. Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be."
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"I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world."
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"Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?"
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