Jack Prelutsky

We all need ways to express ourselves, and poetry is one of mine…

Poetry seems to sink into us the way prose doesn’t. I can still quote verses…

Children seem naturally drawn to poetry – it’s some combination of the rhyme, rhythm, and the…

Otherwise I don’t read much adult poetry at all, because I’m not smart enough and…

Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas, play with language, solve problems, use my…

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

I look for poetry in English because it’s the only language I read…

Frankly, writing poetry for children is plain old fun, and I consider myself blessed to…