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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-davison/if-i-were-brave-enough-to-say-so-i-d-like-to-think-that-i-had-written/)

[Peter Davison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-davison/)

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## More by Peter Davison

> [There are so many things that poetry is about, one of which is memory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-davison/there-are-so-many-things-that-poetry-is-about-one-of-which-is-memory/)

[Peter Davison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-davison/)

> [But poetry is my life. Poetry is what matters to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-davison/but-poetry-is-my-life-poetry-is-what-matters-to-me/)

[Peter Davison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-davison/)

> [I like poems that are complex.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-davison/i-like-poems-that-are-complex/)

[Peter Davison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-davison/)

> [I think poetry has lost an awful lot of its muscle because nobody knows any. Nobody has to memorize poetry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-davison/i-think-poetry-has-lost-an-awful-lot-of-its-muscle-because-nobody/)

[Peter Davison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-davison/)

> [If poets were realistic, they wouldn't be poets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-davison/if-poets-were-realistic-they-wouldn-t-be-poets/)

[Peter Davison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-davison/)

> [Poetry is composing for the breath.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-davison/poetry-is-composing-for-the-breath/)

[Peter Davison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-davison/)

> [Poetry should be able to reach everybody, and it should be able to appeal to all levels of understanding.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-davison/poetry-should-be-able-to-reach-everybody-and-it-should-be-able-to/)

[Peter Davison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-davison/)

> [I would like to be proud of having written some poems that will be remembered, but I will never know whether I will have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-davison/i-would-like-to-be-proud-of-having-written-some-poems-that-will-be/)

[Peter Davison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-davison/)

> [Poetry was invented as an mnemonic device to enable people to remember their prayers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-davison/poetry-was-invented-as-an-mnemonic-device-to-enable-people-to/)

[Peter Davison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-davison/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-davison/my-friends-never-talk-to-me-about-my-poetry-because-they-re/)

[Peter Davison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-davison/)

> [I just think that some version of the past in our culture is going to rise up and become dominant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-davison/i-just-think-that-some-version-of-the-past-in-our-culture-is-going-to/)

[Peter Davison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-davison/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-davison/for-instance-it-s-a-little-better-now-than-it-was-two-or-three-years/)

[Peter Davison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-davison/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-davison/people-are-talking-about-the-internet-as-though-it-is-going-to-change/)

[Peter Davison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-davison/)

> [Dealing with poetry is a daunting task, simply because the reason one does it as an editor at all is because one is constantly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-davison/dealing-with-poetry-is-a-daunting-task-simply-because-the-reason-one/)

[Peter Davison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-davison/)

> [In my youth, I found that I was quite often inspired and pushed forward by what I read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-davison/in-my-youth-i-found-that-i-was-quite-often-inspired-and-pushed/)

[Peter Davison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-davison/)

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