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

After I'd produced about two dozen pen and ink drawings, one evening I decided that they needed poems to accompany them. I still have no idea where that notion came from, but it took me about two hours to produce verses for these creatures.

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.

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.

My reading is extremely eclectic. Lately I've been teaching myself computer graphics, so I'm reading a lot about that. I read books of trivia, of facts.

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.