Device Quote by Peter Davison

Rhyme is a mnemonic device, an aid to the memory. And some poems are themselves mnemonics, that is to say, the whole purpose of…

— James Fenton

Poetry is the memory of language

— Jacques Roubaud

We traveled long and forgot why poetry was invented.

— Dejan Stojanovic

Poetry is one of the oldest of all art forms, and one of its powers for shamans and tribal leaders was the mnemonic.

— Felix Dennis

Poetry reminds us of the truths about life and human nature that we knew all along, but forgot somehow because they weren't yet in…

— Diane Ackerman

Poetry expands the senses and keeps them in prime condition. It keeps you aware of your nose, your eye, your ear, your tongue, your…

— Ray Bradbury

There are so many things that poetry is about, one of which is memory.

— Peter Davison

In the past, poetry came in the form of spells and chants used to effect change.

— Anonymous

Poetry is ... the physical enactment of a process of knowing by means of language.

— Mark Doty

Poetry is often generations in advance of the thought of its time.

— Louise Bogan

Good poetry is like effective prayer, it feeds the human spirit, it nourishes, it puts us in touch with forces far greater than ourselves

— Lorna Goodison

I was lucky to have read a lot of poetry when I was younger; it helped me to remember a way to write.

— Benjamin Clementine