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

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

Jack Prelutsky · Poetry

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Jack Prelutsky

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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Jack Prelutsky

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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Jack Prelutsky

Then I decided to draw from and on my own imagination, and everything came out perfect.

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Jack Prelutsky

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

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