Jack Prelutsky
Jack Prelutsky
Jack Prelutskyis an American writer of children's poetry. He lives in Seattle, Washington with his wife, Carolynn...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth8 September 1940
CountryUnited States of America
way needs poetry-is
We all need ways to express ourselves, and poetry is one of mine.
reading lines one-line
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.
poet
A poet is not something you become; a poet is something you are.
looks language
I look for poetry in English because it's the only language I read.
writing challenges done
I accept challenges, I have always done that in writing.
writing opportunity play
Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas, play with language, solve problems, use my imagination, and draw on my own childhood.
children writing voice
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.
writing black-and-white littles
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....
book writing differences
There's not too much difference between writing a picture book and writing a collection of a hundred poems or so, except that the bigger books take a lot longer to do.
book teaching reading
My reading is extremely eclectic. Lately I've been teaching myself computer graphics, so I'm reading a lot about that. I read books of trivia, of facts.
brother kids smell
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.
poet dylan allan-poe
I've been influenced by poets as diverse as Dylan Thomas, Lewis Carroll, and Edgar Allan Poe.
children fun blessed
Frankly, writing poetry for children is plain old fun, and I consider myself blessed to have such a delightful career.
children rhyming combination
Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme, rhythm, and the words themselves.