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Peter Davison quotes: The reason one writes poems is so that your poem will be remembered.

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

Peter Davison quotes: It is a way we reassess our past. We can do that in poetry in ways we can't do in prose.

It is a way we reassess our past. We can do that in poetry in ways we can't do in prose.

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.

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: Poetry was invented as an mnemonic device to enable people to remember their prayers.

Poetry was invented as an mnemonic device to enable people to remember their prayers.

Peter Davison quotes: The problem, for me, with the writing programs is that they produce a terrible uniformity of product.

The problem, for me, with the writing programs is that they produce a terrible uniformity of product.

Peter Davison quotes: But poetry is my life. Poetry is what matters to me.

But poetry is my life. Poetry is what matters to me.

Peter Davison quotes: I like poems that are little games.

I like poems that are little games.

Peter Davison quotes: Poetry should be able to reach everybody, and it should be able to appeal to all levels of understanding.

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.

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

Peter Davison quotes: In my youth, I found that I was quite often inspired and pushed forward by what I read.

In my youth, I found that I was quite often inspired and pushed forward by what I read.

Peter Davison quotes: I just think that some version of the past in our culture is going to rise up and become dominant.

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

Peter Davison quotes: It is very difficult for people to come in contact with their own emotions and their own sensibilities.

It is very difficult for people to come in contact with their own emotions and their own sensibilities.

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

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

Peter Davison quotes: Poetry is composing for the breath.

Poetry is composing for the breath.

Peter Davison quotes: There are so many things that poetry is about, one of which is memory.

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

Peter Davison quotes: I like poems that are complex.

I like poems that are complex.

Peter Davison quotes: Frost is the most sophisticated of poets.

Frost is the most sophisticated of poets.

Peter Davison quotes: If poets were realistic, they wouldn't be poets.

If poets were realistic, they wouldn't be poets.