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"You need a poetic touch from the outer space? Then you need the moonlight!"
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"I love writing poetry because it's pretty. I love writing pretty."
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"Good poetry does not exist merely for the sake of itself, but rather, is a byproduct of yearning and growth; great poetry canonizes that yearning for the growth of others."
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"The secret of poetry is never explained - is always new. We have not got farther than mere wonder at the delicacy of the touch, & the eternity it inherits. In every house a child that in mere play utters oracles, & knows not that they are such. 'Tis as easy as breath. 'Tis like this gravity, which holds the Universe together, & none knows what it is."
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"The crown of literature is poetry."
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"A poem can't do its work if you only read snippets of it."
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"The poet knows that he speaks adequately, then, only when he speaks somewhat wildly."
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"A poet is not an inventor. A poet is a player that plays with words on the field of human imagination to excite a reader's mind with the colors of emotion."
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"Old wives keep in memory word of things that once were needful for the wise to know."
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"Five syllables," Apollo said, counting them on his fingers. "That would be real bad."
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Explore more quotes by John Barton
"To me many short poems read and write like beginnings that simply whet my appetite; I want to get over that."
Art
"If poetry alters the way in which the reader views the world, then it has had its desired effect."
Poetry
"Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems."
Reading
"An experienced reader uses the poem as an agent of inquiry. This makes poetry very exciting, unstable, and interactive."
Poetry
"Reading should be a repeat performance."
Reading
"I feel very connected to poets across the country."
Nation
"The poet must decide not to impose his feelings in order to write without sentimentality."
Emotional
"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
"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 don't want our lives to end."
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"A literary journal is intended to connect writer with reader; the role of the editor is to mediate."
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