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Poetry is but another form of inquiry into the nature of phenomena

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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In the past, poetry came in the form of spells and chants used to effect change. – 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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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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The poet doesnt invent. He listens. – Jean Cocteau

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I wanted to reimagine the role, in a way that was respectful of its traditional responsibilities but made them part of a wider pattern of poetry about national incidents, events, preoccupations and to spend a great deal of time going to schools trying to demystify poetry. – Andrew Motion

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Pain is filtered in a poem so that it becomes finally, in the end, pleasure. – Mark Strand

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My friends never talk to me about my poetry because theyre embarrassed that I write it or theyre embarrassed by what I write about which are not such extraordinarily terrifying things, but they are the state of human existence. – Peter Davison

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