“Frankly, writing poetry for children is plain old fun, and I consider myself blessed to have such a delightful career.”
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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.
Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas, play with language, solve problems, use my imagination, and draw on my own childhood.
Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme, rhythm, and the words themselves.
Then I decided to draw from and on my own imagination, and everything came out perfect.