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

My wife used to tell me one of my best qualities was that my feet don't smell, but I remember my brother's did when we were kids.

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

I look for poetry in English because it's the only language I read.

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

A poet is not something you become; a poet is something you are.

She comes by night, in fearsome flight, in garments black as pitch, the queen of doom upon her broom, the wild and wicked witch.