Peter Davison

But there is some way in which poets believe that and this is dangerous, too believe that their calling gives them a…

— Peter Davison

In order to understand what they need to understand, in order to write what they write, they have to be free. And…

— Peter Davison

They need to learn poetry. They don't need to learn about poetry. They don't need to be told how to interpret poetry.…

— Peter Davison

The reason one writes poems is so that your poem will be remembered.

— Peter Davison

And there are a lot more people reading poetry, but there are not so many people reading an individual poet.

— Peter Davison

The trouble with the performance poets is that they don't seem to have read anything. So there is not a real sense…

— Peter Davison