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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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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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In the past, poetry came in the form of spells and chants used to effect change. – John Barton

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Poetry
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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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If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone. – Thomas Hardy

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You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you. – Joseph Joubert

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Poetry

Compression of poetry is so great I often explode. Out of the house to walk off a poem. – William Corbett, “On Reading: Notes & a Poem,” The Agni Review, No.22 (1985)

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It should here be added that poetry habitually takes the form of verse. – John Drinkwater

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Thus, while many minority groups are the target for prejudice (beliefs) and discrimination (actions) in our society, few persons face this hostility without the support and acceptance of their family as do many gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth. – Virginia Uribe and Karen M. Harbeck, 1992

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The people who live in the past must yield to the people who live in the future. Otherwise the world would begin to turn the other way round. – Arnold Bennett

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People are people, and grief that is limited to those within a specific political boundary denies the humanity of others. – Robert Jensen

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