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John Barton

"I would not say I chose to write long poems on a conscious level. The long poem has been a relative constant."

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A.E. Samaan

"I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman."

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A.E. Samaan

"Many of my poems are not sexual."

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A.E. Samaan

"Indeed, I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman."

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A.E. Samaan

"I would not say I chose to write long poems on a conscious level. The long poem has been a relative constant."

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A.E. Samaan

"I tend to like poems that engage me - that is to say, which do not bore me."

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A.E. Samaan

"I was very committed to the process of composing, working at poems, putting things together and taking them apart like some kind of experimental filmmaker."

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A.E. Samaan

"We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words."

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A.E. Samaan

"I was writing notes, but not composing poems. The Hunter began to develop out of this fragmented process."

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A.E. Samaan

"I also write poems, so that is something that I really enjoy."

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A.E. Samaan

"Southern poets are still writing narrative poems, poems in forms, dramatic poems."

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John Barton
"An experienced reader uses the poem as an agent of inquiry. This makes poetry very exciting, unstable, and interactive."

Poetry

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John Barton
"I would not say I chose to write long poems on a conscious level. The long poem has been a relative constant."

Poems

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John Barton
"Who is the ideal reader? God only knows."

God

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John Barton
"I have been told by a member of the board of one of Canada's most prominent literary magazines that a submission of mine once caused a great deal of controversy."

Society

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John Barton
"I feel very connected to poets across the country."

Nation

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John Barton
"I have become intrigued with the combining of seemingly unrelated ideas or images, or the drawing upon the many, sometimes dissimilar, meanings a word might have."

Creativity

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John Barton
"Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems."

Reading

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

Change

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John Barton
"A literary journal is intended to connect writer with reader; the role of the editor is to mediate."

Society

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John Barton
"The point of an experiment is not to arrive at a predetermined end point, to prove or disprove anything, but to deliver a poem that reveals much about the process taken."

Art

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