A poem really does recreate the language, and that's what it has to do. A true poem, I think, has to give you that shiver. That, "yes, it's never bee….

I always hesitate to call myself a children's poet, and I always hesitate to call what I write for children poetry. Though a few of the verses that I….

I don't think anything is as magical as a fairy tale experience by a child..

I've always been a morning person, and what I don't get done in the morning I really don't get done at all..

I have my faithful rhyming dictionary that sits up there on my desk, but I have to tell you, there are very few new rhymes that I didn't think of. I ….

I write a lot of children's verse and I think it delights in the language. It pleases people. It's very musical. It's very lyrical and that's certain….

When things aren't going well, I complain a lot and get depressed. I whine and I eat and I go to sleep. I do all kinds of things. And if I'm smart, I….

To me, poetry is a recreation, a renewal of language... The subtlety of what words mean and the fact that you write something and all of a sudden you….

I love to be read to, I love to read aloud and I love to read to children..

One thing about being a children's poet or a versifier, is that there is a large market for your wares. These things really made the rounds. I would ….

I am a Leo. I was born in August and I love the sunshine. I'm like a cat. We live in a very contemporary house with windows all around it. Wherever a….

I don't really sit at the computer from scratch. I prefer to get my ideas in my fingers and I write longhand first..