The reason one writes poems is so that your poem will be remembered. Peter Davison More Quotes by Peter Davison More Quotes From Peter Davison If poets were realistic, they wouldn't be poets. Peter Davison poets were realistic 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 understand understanding poetry world The problem, for me, with the writing programs is that they produce a terrible uniformity of product. Peter Davison product me problem writing 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 present something better three It is very difficult for people to come in contact with their own emotions and their own sensibilities. Peter Davison emotions own difficult people 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 performance tradition real work 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 never me friends poetry I think poetry has lost an awful lot of its muscle because nobody knows any. Nobody has to memorize poetry. Peter Davison nobody think poetry lost I just think that some version of the past in our culture is going to rise up and become dominant. Peter Davison rise think culture past Poetry is composing for the breath. Peter Davison breath composing poetry Poetry was invented as an mnemonic device to enable people to remember their prayers. Peter Davison prayers poetry remember people Frost is the most sophisticated of poets. Peter Davison poets most sophisticated frost Poetry should be able to reach everybody, and it should be able to appeal to all levels of understanding. Peter Davison reach everybody understanding poetry I like poems that are little games. Peter Davison little like poetry games I like poems that are complex. Peter Davison poems complex like 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 find good poetry nature In my youth, I found that I was quite often inspired and pushed forward by what I read. Peter Davison quite forward inspired youth 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 need how understand poetry 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 you poetry roots people But poetry is my life. Poetry is what matters to me. Peter Davison my-life me poetry life
