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“Poetry was invented as an mnemonic device to enable people to remember their prayers.”

— Peter Davison

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“There are so many things that poetry is about, one of which is memory.”

— Peter Davison

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“I like poems that are little games.”

— Peter Davison

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“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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“But poetry is my life. Poetry is what matters to me.”

— Peter Davison

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“Poetry is composing for the breath.”

— Peter Davison

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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

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“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

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“Poetry should be able to reach everybody, and it should be able to appeal to all levels of understanding.”

— Peter Davison

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