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 interpretlearnpoetry Change image and share on social
Frost is the most sophisticated of poets. Peter Davison frostpoetsophisticate Change image and share on social
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 artconstrictionfree share on social
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 performancepoetpoetic Change image and share on social
I think poetry has lost an awful lot of its muscle because nobody knows any. Nobody has to memorize poetry. Peter Davison awfulloselot Change image and share on social
In my youth, I found that I was quite often inspired and pushed forward by what I read. Peter Davison findforwardinspire Change image and share on social
Poetry is composing for the breath. Peter Davison breathcomposepoetry Change image and share on social
I just think that some version of the past in our culture is going to rise up and become dominant. Peter Davison culturedominantpast Change image and share on social
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 bookcrucialeditor Change image and share on social
