Quote by Peter Davison
And there are a lot more people reading poetry, but there are not

And there are a lot more people reading poetry, but there are not so many people reading an individual poet. – Peter Davison

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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

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

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None but a poet can write a tragedy. For tragedy is nothing less than pain transmuted into exaltation by the alchemy of poetry. – Edith Hamilton

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I can find some way to make poetry out of my lifes experiences. – Shelby Lynne

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Poetry is mans rebellion against being what he is. – James Branch Cabell

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And at least in poetry you should feel free to lie. That is, not to lie, but to imagine what you want, to follow the direction of the poem. – Mark Strand

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