The poet must decide not to impose his feelings in order to write without sentimentality. John Barton More Quotes by John Barton More Quotes From John Barton The community of poets I belong to is not as close as it used to be, if only for the fact that our lives have become busier: jobs, children, and the like. John Barton only like community children 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. John Barton privacy respect writing sometimes Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems. John Barton poetry reading conversation sometimes I would not say I chose to write long poems on a conscious level. The long poem has been a relative constant. John Barton level write say long To me many short poems read and write like beginnings that simply whet my appetite; I want to get over that. John Barton short like me want
