There's so much to think about when you're becoming an adult, and there's so many great poems about that apprehension and excitement.
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Frankly, writing poetry for children is plain old fun, and I consider myself blessed to have such a delightful career.
I think my poems immediately come out of the sensuous and emotional experiences I have.
And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written.
Otherwise I don't read much adult poetry at all, because I'm not smart enough and mostly I don't get it.
I think there is a poem out there for everyone, to be an entrance into the poetry and a relationship with it.
The more I read my poems, the more I find out about them. I still read them with the same passion I felt when I wrote them as a young man.
The poetry I grew up on is really an intense form of poetry; it's so pure and powerful.
I've been surprised to learn how many people love poetry. It's beautiful to see that people want poetry in their lives.
Poems seem to have a life of their own. They tell you when enough is enough.
Maybe it is something to do with age, but I have become fonder of poetry than of prose.
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