I think poetry has lost an awful lot of its muscle because nobody know… — Quoted

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“I think poetry has lost an awful lot of its muscle because nobody knows any. Nobody has to memorize poetry.”

Peter Davison · Poetry

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Peter Davison

They need to learn poetry. They don't need to learn about poetry. They don't need to be told how to interpret poetry. They don't need to be told how to understand poetry. They need to learn it.

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Peter Davison

But for me, being an editor I've been an editor of all kinds of books being an editor of poetry has been the way in which I could give a crucial part of my time to what I love most.

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Peter Davison

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

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Peter Davison

I like poems that are little games.

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