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Peter Davison Quotes

There are so many things that poetry is about, one of which is memory Picture Quote #1

I like poems that are little games Picture Quote #1

And there are a lot more people reading poetry, but there are not so many people reading an individual poet Picture Quote #1

But for me, being an editor I’ve been an editor of all kinds of books being an editor of poetry has been the way in which I could give a crucial part of my time to what I love most Picture Quote #1

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 going to change the way we think, and it’s not going to change the way we feel Picture Quote #1

Every so often I find some poems that are too good for the readers of The Atlantic because they are a little too involved with the nature of poetry, as such Picture Quote #1

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They need to learn poetry. They don’t need to learn about poetry. They don’t need to be told how to interpret poetry. They don’t need to be told how to understand poetry. They need to learn it Picture Quote #1

The more poetry you have in the head, the more poetry you will understand because you will be getting to the roots of what it is that makes people write poetry at all Picture Quote #1

Poetry was invented as an mnemonic device to enable people to remember their prayers Picture Quote #1

Poetry should be able to reach everybody, and it should be able to appeal to all levels of understanding Picture Quote #1

I think poetry has lost an awful lot of its muscle because nobody knows any. Nobody has to memorize poetry Picture Quote #1

But there is some way in which poets believe that and this is dangerous, too believe that their calling gives them a certain freedom. A certain freedom to live in a free way Picture Quote #1

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But for me, being an editor I’ve been an editor of all kinds of books being an editor of poetry has been the way in which I could give a crucial part of my time to what I love most Picture Quote #1

But poetry is my life. Poetry is what matters to me Picture Quote #1

The reason one writes poems is so that your poem will be remembered Picture Quote #1

If poets were realistic, they wouldn’t be poets Picture Quote #1

I just think that some version of the past in our culture is going to rise up and become dominant Picture Quote #1

The trouble with the performance poets is that they don’t seem to have read anything. So there is not a real sense of the poetic tradition in their work Picture Quote #1

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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 somebody receiving it Picture Quote #1

The problem, for me, with the writing programs is that they produce a terrible uniformity of product Picture Quote #1

It is very difficult for people to come in contact with their own emotions and their own sensibilities Picture Quote #1

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 art puts on them Picture Quote #1

In my youth, I found that I was quite often inspired and pushed forward by what I read Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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I would like to be proud of having written some poems that will be remembered, but I will never know whether I will have any reason to be proud of that Picture Quote #1

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There are so many things that poetry is about, one of which is memory (Peter Davison Quotes) I like poems that are little games (Peter Davison Quotes) And there are a lot more people reading poetry, but there are not so many people reading an individual poet (Peter Davison Quotes) But for me, being an editor I’ve been an editor of all kinds of books being an editor of poetry has been the way in which I could give a crucial part of my time to what I love most. (Peter Davison Quotes) 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 going to change the way we think, and it’s not going to change the way we feel (Peter Davison Quotes) Every so often I find some poems that are too good for the readers of The Atlantic because they are a little too involved with the nature of poetry, as such (Peter Davison Quotes) They need to learn poetry. They don’t need to learn about poetry. They don’t need to be told how to interpret poetry. They don’t need to be told how to understand poetry. They need to learn it (Peter Davison Quotes) The more poetry you have in the head, the more poetry you will understand because you will be getting to the roots of what it is that makes people write poetry at all (Peter Davison Quotes) Poetry was invented as an mnemonic device to enable people to remember their prayers (Peter Davison Quotes) Poetry should be able to reach everybody, and it should be able to appeal to all levels of understanding (Peter Davison Quotes) I think poetry has lost an awful lot of its muscle because nobody knows any. Nobody has to memorize poetry (Peter Davison Quotes) But there is some way in which poets believe that and this is dangerous, too believe that their calling gives them a certain freedom. A certain freedom to live in a free way (Peter Davison Quotes) But for me, being an editor I’ve been an editor of all kinds of books being an editor of poetry has been the way in which I could give a crucial part of my time to what I love most (Peter Davison Quotes) But poetry is my life. Poetry is what matters to me (Peter Davison Quotes) The reason one writes poems is so that your poem will be remembered (Peter Davison Quotes) If poets were realistic, they wouldn’t be poets (Peter Davison Quotes) I just think that some version of the past in our culture is going to rise up and become dominant (Peter Davison Quotes) The trouble with the performance poets is that they don’t seem to have read anything. So there is not a real sense of the poetic tradition in their work (Peter Davison Quotes) 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 somebody receiving it (Peter Davison Quotes) The problem, for me, with the writing programs is that they produce a terrible uniformity of product (Peter Davison Quotes) It is very difficult for people to come in contact with their own emotions and their own sensibilities (Peter Davison Quotes) 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 art puts on them (Peter Davison Quotes) In my youth, I found that I was quite often inspired and pushed forward by what I read (Peter Davison Quotes) 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 (Peter Davison Quotes) I would like to be proud of having written some poems that will be remembered, but I will never know whether I will have any reason to be proud of that (Peter Davison Quotes)