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Jack Prelutsky
American Poet
Born: Sep 8, 1940
Influenced Life Me Own Poetry Writing
Related authors: Edgar Allan Poe Emily Dickinson Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Maya Angelou Ralph Waldo Emerson Robert Frost T. S. Eliot Walt Whitman
Then I decided to draw from and on my own imagination, and everything came out perfect. Jack Prelutsky
Own Imagination Everything Draw Out My Own Perfect Came Decided Then
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. Jack Prelutsky
Writing Own Other My Own Voice Poets Until Read Began Any Children Influenced Want Them Found Now
We all need ways to express ourselves, and poetry is one of mine. Jack Prelutsky
Mine Ways Ourselves Poetry Express Need
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
Smart Enough Otherwise Poetry Adult Mostly Read Because Get Much
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. Jack Prelutsky
Myself Reading Lately Books Extremely About Eclectic Trivia Computer Facts Read Been Lot Teaching Graphics
I've been influenced by poets as diverse as Dylan Thomas, Lewis Carroll, and Edgar Allan Poe. Jack Prelutsky
Thomas Diverse Poe Poets Edgar Been Influenced Dylan Dylan Thomas Lewis
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. Jack Prelutsky
Life Life Is A Publish Collection About Shakespearean Take May Different Anyone Interested Little Them Working Now
I write the poems first, with only a few exceptions for odd reasons, where I'm given the illustration first. Jack Prelutsky
First Few Illustration Poems Given Only Write Exceptions Odd Where Reasons
I look for poetry in English because it's the only language I read. Jack Prelutsky
Language Only Poetry Look Read Because English
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. Jack Prelutsky
Me Animals Down Every Birds Months Drawings See About Invented Poems Had No-One Wrote Editor Accompany Friend Six Just After Sent Them Working Fun Sat Dozen Two
I always knew would be some sort of artist, but didn't know what. Jack Prelutsky
Would Would-Be Some Knew Know Sort Always Artist
After I'd produced about two dozen pen and ink drawings, one evening I decided that they needed poems to accompany them. I still have no idea where that notion came from, but it took me about two hours to produce verses for these creatures. Jack Prelutsky
Me Took Pen Drawings No Idea About Poems Idea Hours Still Came Accompany Verses Where After Decided Them Produce Produced Notion Evening Creatures Ink Dozen Two Needed

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