"No poem is easily grasped; so why should any reader expect fast results?" ― John Barton Topic(s): Poetry More From John Barton "Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems." "My obsession with time informs my poetry so completely it is hard for me to summarize it. We want time to pass, for new things to happen to us, we want to hold on to certain moments, we don’t want our lives to end." "Poetry is but another form of inquiry into the nature of phenomena, using with its own unique procedures and tools." More In Poetry "Poetry is a natural energy resource of our country.It has no energy crisis, possessing a potential that will last as long as the country. Its power is equal to that of any country in the world."― Richard Eberhart "I don’t really approach stories to make them different from other stuff I’ve seen, I just try to get into the character, into his or her head. Try to make it as funny, as scary or as wild as I can so that I really like it."― Sam Raimi "I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always think what is true and do what is right, on condition of being turned into a sort of clock and would up every morning before I got out of bed, I should instantly close with the offer."― Thomas Huxley