People are talking about the Internet as though it is going to change the world. It’s not going to change the world. It’s not going to change the way we think, and it’s not going to change the way we feel. Peter Davison Read Quote
I would like to be proud of having written some poems that will be remembered, but I will never know whether I will have any reason to be proud of that. Peter Davison Read Quote
But there is some way in which poets believe that and this is dangerous, too believe that their calling gives them a certain freedom. A certain freedom to live in a free way. Peter Davison Read Quote
And there are a lot more people reading poetry, but there are not so many people reading an individual poet. Peter Davison Read Quote
The more poetry you have in the head, the more poetry you will understand because you will be getting to the roots of what it is that makes people write poetry at all. Peter Davison Read Quote
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. Peter Davison Read Quote