John Barton
John Barton
shock
I never yelled, never screamed. I was in shock that it was still going on.
desired poetry views
If poetry alters the way in which the reader views the world, then it has had its desired effect.
ford red silver smashed toyota
In the first accident, the silver Toyota Tundra smashed into the back of the red Ford truck, probably because of the smoke.
french hypothesis influence joke struggle
How does any place influence one's poetry? Sometimes I joke that Hypothesis is about an Alberta boy's struggle to have French boyfriends.
cannot engaging fact happened notion personally point stop time
We are comfortable with the fact that we cannot know personally what happened in the world before we were born, yet we are uncomfortable with the notion that we will stop engaging with time at some point in the future.
draw experiment replicate
The reader's challenge is to replicate the experiment by reading the poem and to draw their own conclusions.
handle kid surprised
We anticipated it. We were not surprised by it. We were set up to handle the fake, but the kid made a play. He is a playmaker.
four game past power running trouble
We have had trouble with the power running game the past four weeks,
agency attorney defend strongly
Our attorney will strongly defend the agency in this case,
chose poems relative
I would not say I chose to write long poems on a conscious level. The long poem has been a relative constant.
deep nice people three worry
Jake has done a nice job, but all three of our receivers have, but people worry about Jake on the deep ball.
certain happen hard hold informs lives obsession poetry summarize time
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.
people
We have to have people in the right position, we have to do something to get in straight.
god ideal
Who is the ideal reader? God only knows.