Being Poet Laureate Made Me Realize I

I Think Children Have Talent And Insight, But It Gets Beaten Out Of Them.

I Write Short Stories, And I Wrote A Play.

What Writing Does Is To Reveal.

I Keep The Drafts Of Each Poem In Color-coded Folders. I Pick Up The Folders According To How I Feel About That Color That Day.

I Loved To Write When I Was A Child. I Wrote, But I Always Thought It Was Something That You Did As A Child, Then You Put Away Childish Things.