Children seem naturally drawn to poetry – it's some combination of the rhyme rhythm and the words themselves.
Children seem naturally drawn to poetry – it's some combination of the rhyme rhythm and the words themselves.
Author: Jack Prelutsky
I look for poetry in English because it's the only language I read.
I look for poetry in English because it's the only language I read.
Frankly writing poetry for children is plain old fun and I consider myself blessed to have such a delightful career.
Frankly writing poetry for children is plain old fun and I consider myself blessed to have such a delightful career.
Otherwise I don't read much adult poetry at all because I'm not smart enough and mostly I don't get it.
Otherwise I don't read much adult poetry at all because I'm not smart enough and mostly I don't get it.
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.
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.
We all need ways to express ourselves and poetry is one of mine.
We all need ways to express ourselves and poetry is one of mine.
Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas play with language solve problems use my imagination and draw on my own childhood.
Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas play with language solve problems use my imagination and draw on my own childhood.
Then I decided to draw from and on my own imagination and everything came out perfect.
Then I decided to draw from and on my own imagination and everything came out perfect.