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.
artist would-be knows
I always knew would be some sort of artist, but didn't know what.
writing important sound
The sound of a word is at least as important as the meaning.
writing illustration firsts
I write the poems first, with only a few exceptions for odd reasons, where I'm given the illustration first.
poet
A poet is not something you become; a poet is something you are.
fun writing guitar
I keep a guitar around while writing and will improvise music. I do this for several reasons, such as that it's fun, and sometimes it helps me with the meter.
fun animal editors
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.
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.