Quote by John Barton
In the past, poetry came in the form of spells and chants used to

In the past, poetry came in the form of spells and chants used to effect change. – 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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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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Poetry is but another form of inquiry into the nature of phenomena, using with its own unique procedures and tools. – John Barton

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Poetry is its own medium its very different than writing prose. Poetry can talk in an imagistic sense, it has particular ways of catching an environment. – Story Musgrave

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In my late teenage years, I developed a real passion for it, and wrote a lot of poetry. – Danielle Steel

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I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry that is, prose = words in their best order – poetry = the best words in the best order. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime. – Phyllis McGinley

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