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An experienced reader uses the poem as an agent of inquiry. This m

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

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There may be more poetry than justice in poetic justice. – George Will

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There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing. – John Cage

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And there are a lot more people reading poetry, but there are not so many people reading an individual poet. – Peter Davison

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