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The Boxer of Quirinal: Poems

The Boxer of Quirinal: Poems

A collection that strives to answer the question of how we live with ongoing war.

2023

John Barr (Contribution by)

John Barr (Contribution by)

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The Howling Owl

Why Do Poets Seek to Publish?

A poem is not complete until it has been heard.

6d ago

Why Do Poets Seek to Publish?

6d ago

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

Published in
The Howling Owl

A Businessman/Poet?

How can that be?

Mar 26

A Businessman/Poet?

Mar 26

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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

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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

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Literary Selections

Night Flight

A Poem by John Barr

Feb 19

Night Flight

Feb 19

Published in
The Howling Owl

To an Unknown Poet

Excerpt from my latest digital chapbook, The Subcutaneous Art: A Collection of Short Essays on Poetry.

Feb 12

To an Unknown Poet

Feb 12

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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