If poetry alters the way in which the reader views the world, then it has had its desired effect.
John Barton
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- 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.
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- Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems.
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