We all need ways to express ourselves, and poetry is one of mine.

I would go to sketch groups and draw. I really enjoyed the subject matter, but I wasn't good at it.

Frankly, writing poetry for children is plain old fun, and I consider myself blessed to have such a delightful career.

His blood is black and boiling hot, he gurgles ghastly groans. He'll cook you in his dinner pot, your skin, your flesh, your bones.

Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme, rhythm, and the words themselves.

The BALLPOINT PENGUINS, black and white, Do little else but write and write. Although they've nothing much to say, They write and write it anyway.

I accept challenges, I have always done that in writing.