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No poem is easily grasped so why should any reader expect fast res

No poem is easily grasped so why should any reader expect fast results? – 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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Poetry
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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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respect
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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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alone
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Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry. – Gustave Flaubert

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Poetry is adolescence fermented, and thus preserved. – Jose Ortega y Gasset

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Science is for those who learn; poetry, for those who know. – Joseph Roux, Meditations of a Parish Priest

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I never really liked poetry readings I liked to read poetry by myself, but I liked singing, chanting my lyrics to this jazz group. – Leonard Cohen

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