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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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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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