And there are a lot more people reading poetry, but there are not so many people reading an individual poet. — Peter Davison
I just think that some version of the past in our culture is going to rise up and become dominant. — Peter Davison
I think poetry has lost an awful lot of its muscle because nobody knows any. Nobody has to memorize poetry. — Peter Davison
If I were brave enough to say so, I’d like to think that I had written some poems that people are not going to forget. — Peter Davison
In my youth, I found that I was quite often inspired and pushed forward by what I read. — Peter Davison
They are not free because they are not free of the constrictions their art puts on them. — Peter Davison
It is a way we reassess our past. We can do that in poetry in ways we can’t do in prose. — Peter Davison
It is very difficult for people to come in contact with their own emotions and their own sensibilities. — Peter Davison
Poetry should be able to reach everybody, and it should be able to appeal to all levels of understanding. — Peter Davison
Poetry was invented as an mnemonic device to enable people to remember their prayers. — Peter Davison
The problem, for me, with the writing programs is that they produce a terrible uniformity of product. — Peter Davison
