Peter Davison Professions : Poet Browse All Authors Top 26 quotes by Peter Davison If poets were realistic, they wouldn't be poets. Peter Davison poetswererealistic Dealing with poetry is a daunting task, simply because the reason one does it as an editor at all is because one is constantly coming to terms with one's own understanding of how to understand the world. Peter Davison understandunderstandingpoetryworld The problem, for me, with the writing programs is that they produce a terrible uniformity of product. Peter Davison productmeproblemwriting 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 seem to be written in the present indicative. Peter Davison presentsomethingbetterthree It is very difficult for people to come in contact with their own emotions and their own sensibilities. Peter Davison emotionsowndifficultpeople 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 performancetraditionrealwork 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 which are not such extraordinarily terrifying things, but they are the state of human existence. Peter Davison nevermefriendspoetry I think poetry has lost an awful lot of its muscle because nobody knows any. Nobody has to memorize poetry. Peter Davison nobodythinkpoetrylost I just think that some version of the past in our culture is going to rise up and become dominant. Peter Davison risethinkculturepast Poetry is composing for the breath. Peter Davison breathcomposingpoetry Poetry was invented as an mnemonic device to enable people to remember their prayers. Peter Davison prayerspoetryrememberpeople Frost is the most sophisticated of poets. Peter Davison poetsmostsophisticatedfrost Poetry should be able to reach everybody, and it should be able to appeal to all levels of understanding. Peter Davison reacheverybodyunderstandingpoetry I like poems that are little games. Peter Davison littlelikepoetrygames I like poems that are complex. Peter Davison poemscomplexlike 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 findgoodpoetrynature In my youth, I found that I was quite often inspired and pushed forward by what I read. Peter Davison quiteforwardinspiredyouth 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 needhowunderstandpoetry 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 youpoetryrootspeople But poetry is my life. Poetry is what matters to me. Peter Davison my-lifemepoetrylife Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poetAll Authors
