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The Ballpoint Penguins, Black And White, Do Little Else But Write And Write. Although They've Nothing Much To Say, They Write And Write It Anyway.

We All Need Ways To Express Ourselves, And Poetry Is One Of Mine.

I Invented Animals And Birds - I Had About Two Dozen. After Working On Them For Six Months, I Sat Down And Just For Fun Wrote Two Dozen Poems To Accompany The Drawings. It Was For No One To Every See, But A Friend Sent Me In To An Editor.

When I Began Writing, I Didn't Read Any Other Children's Poets... I Didn't Want To Be Influenced Until I'd Found My Own Voice. Now I Read Them All.

A Poet Is Not Something You Become; A Poet Is Something You Are.