Jack Prelutsky

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I accept challenges, I have always done that in writing.

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accept , always , done
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I always knew would be some sort of artist, but didn't know what.

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always , knew , some
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I would go to sketch groups and draw. I really enjoyed the subject matter, but I wasn't good at it.

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go , sketch , groups
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I write the poems first, with only a few exceptions for odd reasons, where I'm given the illustration first.

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write , poems , only
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I'm mostly influenced by life, what's around me, and my own childhood.

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mostly , influenced , around
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I'm never bored.

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never
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I'm usually working on eight or 10 things at once.

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working , eight , things
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I've been influenced by poets as diverse as Dylan Thomas, Lewis Carroll, and Edgar Allan Poe.

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been , influenced , poets
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My wife used to tell me one of my best qualities was that my feet don't smell, but I remember my brother's did when we were kids.

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

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Frankly, writing poetry for children is plain old fun, and I consider myself blessed to have such a delightful career.

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I look for poetry in English because it's the only language I read.

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

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poetry