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

I've been influenced by poets as diverse as Dylan Thomas, Lewis Carroll, and Edgar Allan Poe.

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

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

Otherwise I don't read much adult poetry at all, because I'm not smart enough and mostly I don't get it.

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

I'm working now on a collection of Shakespearean sonnets, about 100 of them, that I may publish if anyone's interested. My take on life is a little different from the bard's.