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My obsession with time informs my poetry so completely it is hard

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 dont want our lives to end. – 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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Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems. – John Barton

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

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