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

It is a way we reassess our past. We can do that in poetry in ways we cant do in prose. – Peter Davison

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 ones own understanding of how to understand the world. – Peter Davison