In order to understand what they need to understand, in order to write what they write, they have to be free. And yet, they aren't ever free. They are not free because they are not free of the constrictions their… — 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
