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Nothing Has a Right to the Space it Occupies

A poem by John Barr

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Nothing Has a Right to the Space it Occupies

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Literary Selections

Commuter Moons

A poem by John Barr

May 14

May 14

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The Howling Owl

Why Do Poets Seek to Publish?

A poem is not complete until it has been heard.

May 7

Why Do Poets Seek to Publish?

May 7

The Hoard

A poem by John Barr

Apr 30

The Hoard

Apr 30

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Literary Selections

An Ode to Orpheus

In honor of the National Poetry Month I’d like to share with you a poem I wrote about Orpheus.

Apr 5

An Ode to Orpheus

Apr 5

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The Howling Owl

A Businessman/Poet?

How can that be?

Mar 26

A Businessman/Poet?

Mar 26

Published in

Literary Selections

That Existential Rodeo Called Manhattan

A poem by John Barr

Mar 18

That Existential Rodeo Called Manhattan

Mar 18

Published in

The Howling Owl

How I Come Up with a Poem

People often ask me how I come up with my poems.

Mar 12

How I Come Up with a Poem

Mar 12

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Literary Selections

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

A poem by John Barr

Mar 6

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

Mar 6

Published in

The Howling Owl

A New Poetry for a New Century

A century ago the early Modernists, in their mania for the experimental, pushed all the boundaries of poetry.

Mar 5

A New Poetry for a New Century

Mar 5

John Barr

John Barr

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Award-winning poet. Inaugural president of the Poetry Foundation. What does it mean to be human?

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