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

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
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
You pick up loads of baggage with your first record with reaction to it from fans and critics. So I went to Ireland by myself for a couple of weeks with my guitar. I read lots of poetry, I read Patti Smiths autobiography and started words and phrases and then songs started to take shape. – Ellie Goulding