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John Barton

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

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Donna Grant

"I gave in, and admitted that God was God."

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Donna Grant

"There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, "All right, then, have it your way.""

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Donna Grant

"Without the Mind, there is no God. Without you, there is no God."

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Donna Grant

"God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal."

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Donna Grant

"To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should ever know him at all. I know not which is more childish to deny him, or define him."

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Donna Grant

"I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability."

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Donna Grant

"An omnipotent God is the only being with no reason to lie."

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Donna Grant

"God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with."

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Donna Grant

"God appoints our graces to be nurses to other men's weaknesses."

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Donna Grant

"God's angels often protect his servants from potential enemies."

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John Barton
"Reading should be a repeat performance."

Reading

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John Barton
"I became intrigued with colour theory. The absurd pronouncements of the Colour Institute, a group that decides what colours are hot each year or season, amused me."

Theory

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John Barton
"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."

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

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John Barton
"Poets can't resist the dramatic pull of their lives and so inevitably write autobiographical verse."

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John Barton
"I sometimes like to tinker with poems that have failed, ones that I have sent aside. Even years afterward, I will revisit them if there is something about them that I cannot give up on."

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John Barton
"You can never step into the same book twice, because you are different each time you read it."

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John Barton
"The experiment of the poem is mostly intuitive. I write the first draft, pulling in the various elements that interest me, in the hope that their being combined will lead to some kind of insight."

Hope

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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
"Some readers allow their prejudices to blind them. A good reader knows how to disregard inappropriate responses."

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