46 Quotes by John Barton

Poetry is but another form of inquiry into the nature of phenomena, using with its own unique procedures and tools.

I have been told my poems unfold in such a way that it is not at all obvious from the outset where they are going or how they will end.

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.

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.

I have always been very obsessed with time. Time's passage makes us all very vulnerable and because we all experience it in our own way, it can make us feel very alone.

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.

I feel very connected to poets across the country.

I find it exhausting to administer a magazine without an office or paid staff.

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