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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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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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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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Out of the quarrel with others we make rhetoric; out of the quarrel with ourselves we make poetry. – W.B. Yeats

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More people are reading poetry now than at any time in the history of the human race. – Andrew Motion

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