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

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

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

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"I'm mostly influenced by life, what's around me, and my own childhood."

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

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"I accept challenges, I have always done that in writing."

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

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"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."

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"Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas, play with language, solve problems, use my imagination, and draw on my own childhood."

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"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."

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