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

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

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Dora Diller

'My stomach's full of butterflies!'
lamented Dora Diller.
Her mother sighed. 'That's no surprise,
you ate a caterpillar!'

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My wife used to tell me one of my best qualities was that my feet don't smell, but I remember my brother's did when we were kids.

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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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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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I keep a guitar around while writing and will improvise music. I do this for several reasons, such as that it's fun, and sometimes it helps me with the meter.

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