Otherwise I don't read much adult poetry at all, because I'm not smart… — Quoted

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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.”

Jack Prelutsky · Poetry

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Jack Prelutsky

Then I decided to draw from and on my own imagination, and everything came out perfect.

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Jack Prelutsky

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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Jack Prelutsky

Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas, play with language, solve problems, use my imagination, and draw on my own childhood.

Imagination

Jack Prelutsky

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

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