on poetry, "brings sound and sense together in words and lines, ordering them on the page in such a way that both the writter and the reader get a dif

some children’s description of poetry included in my book:
“a poem is like a big green dragon waiting to blow fire at the knight who seeks his treasure.”

“poems are words that you feel and mumble jumble words too, also words that float around in your head.”

“i think poetry is wen you wake up and see the sun racing above from the clouds. poetry is when sunlight and moon shines up together. poetry is when you go to claude monet’s garden for the first time and everything is breathtaking. this is what i think poetry is.”