My Wife Used To Tell Me One

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.

I Write The Poems First, With Only A Few Exceptions For Odd Reasons, Where I'm Given The Illustration First.

She Comes By Night, In Fearsome Flight, In Garments Black As Pitch, The Queen Of Doom Upon Her Broom, The Wild And Wicked Witch.

In Masks And Gown We Haunt The Street And Knock On Doors For Trick Or Treat Tonight We Are The King And Queen, For Oh Tonight It's Halloween!

Frankly, Writing Poetry For Children Is Plain Old Fun, And I Consider Myself Blessed To Have Such A Delightful Career.