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

My friends never talk to me about my poetry because theyre embarrassed that I write it or theyre embarrassed by what I write about which are not such extraordinarily terrifying things, but they are the state of human existence. – Peter Davison

They need to learn poetry. They dont need to learn about poetry. They dont need to be told how to interpret poetry. They dont need to be told how to understand poetry. They need to learn it. – Peter Davison