Jack
cities kansas-city flying
I'm not saying these flying discs don't really exist, but nobody living in Kansas City has seen them and that's a dry state.
mind television program
I have never seen a bad television program, because I refuse to. God gave me a mind, and a wrist that turns things off.
immigration flattery form
Immigration is the sincerest form of flattery.
race long obstacles
Looking back, my life seems like one long obstacle race, with me as the chief obstacle.
smart adults enough
Otherwise I don't read much adult poetry at all, because I'm not smart enough and mostly I don't get it.
children rhyming combination
Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme, rhythm, and the words themselves.
children fun blessed
Frankly, writing poetry for children is plain old fun, and I consider myself blessed to have such a delightful career.
may littles different
I'm working now on a collection of Shakespearean sonnets, about 100 of them, that I may publish if anyone's interested. My take on life is a little different from the bard's.
poet dylan allan-poe
I've been influenced by poets as diverse as Dylan Thomas, Lewis Carroll, and Edgar Allan Poe.
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.
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.
queens kings halloween
It's Halloween! It's Halloween! The moon is full and bright And we shall see what can't be seen On any other night. Skeletons and ghosts and ghouls, Grinning goblins fighting duels Werewolves rising from their tombs, Witches on their magic brooms 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!
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.
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....