The relation between a poet and audience is really insignificant. What matters is the poet is hearing something that he is broadcasting. And whether there is anybody with a receiver isn't the reason he does it. He hopes there is… — Peter Davison Copy Share Image
There are so many things that poetry is about, one of which is memory. — Peter Davison Copy Share Image
I think poetry has lost an awful lot of its muscle because nobody knows any. Nobody has to memorize poetry. — Peter Davison Copy Share Image
Poetry should be able to reach everybody, and it should be able to appeal to all levels of understanding. — Peter Davison Copy Share Image
I would like to be proud of having written some poems that will be remembered, but I will never know whether I will have… — Peter Davison Copy Share Image
Poetry was invented as an mnemonic device to enable people to remember their prayers. — Peter Davison Copy Share Image
My friends never talk to me about my poetry because they're embarrassed that I write it or they're embarrassed by what I write about… — Peter Davison Copy Share Image
I just think that some version of the past in our culture is going to rise up and become dominant. — Peter Davison Copy Share Image
For instance, it's a little better now than it was two or three years ago, but something like 70% of the poems I receive… — Peter Davison Copy Share Image
People are talking about the Internet as though it is going to change the world. It's not going to change the world. It's not… — Peter Davison Copy Share Image
Dealing with poetry is a daunting task, simply because the reason one does it as an editor at all is because one is constantly… — Peter Davison Copy Share Image
In my youth, I found that I was quite often inspired and pushed forward by what I read. — Peter Davison Copy Share Image
