Poetry seems to sink into us the way prose doesn't. I can still quote verses I learned when I was very young, but I have trouble remembering one line of a novel I just finished reading.

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

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

I write the poems first, with only a few exceptions for odd reasons, where I'm given the illustration first.

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

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

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