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Every so often I find some poems that are too good for the readers

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

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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

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

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