John Barton

Writing can sometimes be exploitative. I like to take a few steps of remove in…

If poetry alters the way in which the reader views the world, then it has…

No poem is easily grasped so why should any reader expect fast results…

Poetry is but another form of inquiry into the nature of phenomena, using with its…

In the past, poetry came in the form of spells and chants used to effect…

My obsession with time informs my poetry so completely it is hard for me to…

Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems…

An experienced reader uses the poem as an agent of inquiry. This makes poetry very…

I have always been very obsessed with time. Time’s passage makes us all very vulnerable…