“We all need ways to express ourselves, and poetry is one of mine.”
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Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme, rhythm, and the words themselves.
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.
Frankly, writing poetry for children is plain old fun, and I consider myself blessed to have such a delightful career.
Otherwise I don't read much adult poetry at all, because I'm not smart enough and mostly I don't get it.
