"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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"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.“
-John Barton
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"No poem is easily grasped so why should any reader expect fast results?"
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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."
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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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