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