I have to say that elections, even in the most peaceful region, always make the hardest time for regional state institutions, including security structures.

Love is the chain whereby to lock a child to its parent.

I have in my mind’s eye an image of what a perfect mother and wife should be; and in her whom I must call “Mother” I find no trace of that image.

Poetry is but another form of inquiry into the nature of phenomena, using with its own unique procedures and tools.

I consider a poem to be a kind of experiment where a number of elements are brought together under test conditions to see how they will interact to create meaning or relevance.

In the past, poetry came in the form of spells and chants used to effect change.

The experiment of the poem is mostly intuitive. I write the first draft, pulling in the various elements that interest me, in the hope that their being combined will lead to some kind of insight.

I became intrigued with colour theory. The absurd pronouncements of the Colour Institute, a group that decides what colours are hot each year or season, amused me.

John Barton

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