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. ↗

— Peter Davison

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But poetry is my life. Poetry is what matters to me. ↗

— Peter Davison

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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

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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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For instance, it's a little better now than it was two or three years ago, but something like 70% of the poems I receive seem to be written in the present indicative. ↗

— Peter Davison

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Frost is the most sophisticated of poets. ↗

— Peter Davison

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I just think that some version of the past in our culture is going to rise up and become dominant. ↗

— Peter Davison

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I like poems that are complex. ↗

— 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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