John Barton
John Barton
engaged few readers remove respect steps
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.
competition patient ultimately wins
With this competition the patient ultimately wins out,
four game past power running trouble
We have had trouble with the power running game the past four weeks,
impose poet
The poet must decide not to impose his feelings in order to write without sentimentality.
arrive deliver disprove experiment prove reveals
The point of an experiment is not to arrive at a predetermined end point, to prove or disprove anything, but to deliver a poem that reveals much about the process taken.