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.
I accept challenges, I have always done that in writing.
Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas, play with language, solve problems, use my imagination, and draw on my own childhood.
When I began writing, I didn't read any other children's poets... I didn't want to be influenced until I'd found my own voice. Now I read them all.
There's not too much difference between writing a picture book and writing a collection of a hundred poems or so, except that the bigger books take a lot longer to do.
© 2020 Inspirational Stories
© 2020 Inspirational Stories