I don't like poetry that just slaps violent words on a canvas as it were.

There is a wonderful Hungarian literature especially in lyric poetry.

That is what I did with Jack and that's why he liked to do the readings with me because he knew I was there for him and for our ability to blend the poetry and the music.

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

Frankly writing poetry for children is plain old fun and I consider myself blessed to have such a delightful career.

I look for poetry in English because it's the only language I read.

Otherwise I don't read much adult poetry at all because I'm not smart enough and mostly I don't get it.

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.

We all need ways to express ourselves and poetry is one of mine.

I have always written poetry but I have never applied it to songwriting.