I'm Mostly Influenced By Life,

Frankly, Writing Poetry For Children Is Plain Old Fun, And I Consider Myself Blessed To Have Such A Delightful Career.

It's Halloween! It's Halloween! The Moon Is Full And Bright And We Shall See What Can't Be Seen On Any Other Night. Skeletons And Ghosts And Ghouls, Grinning Goblins Fighting Duels Werewolves Rising From Their Tombs, Witches On Their Magic Brooms In Masks And Gown We Haunt The Street And Knock On Doors For Trick Or Treat Tonight We Are The King And Queen, For Oh Tonight It's Halloween!

Children Seem Naturally Drawn To Poetry - It's Some Combination Of The Rhyme, Rhythm, And The Words Themselves.

I Always Knew Would Be Some Sort Of Artist, But Didn't Know What.

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.