X. J. Kennedy Quotes

To me, a poem that's in rhyme and meter is the difference between watching a film in full color and watching a film in black and white. Not that a few black and white films aren't wonderful. So are certain successful pieces of free verse.

X. J. Kennedy Quotes

I like poems where you don't really know whether to laugh or cry when you read them.

As a writer given to the old formalities of rhyme and meter, I sometimes feel endangered these days.

I don't think anybody is a poet 24/7, only in those rare moments when a person is producing a poem.

My real name is Joe Kennedy, but if you live in Massachusetts, you can't sign 'Joe Kennedy.' So, back in 1957, I stuck the X on my name to be different from those people in Hyannis Port.

The attitude that poetry should not be analyzed is prevalent among many who consider themselves experts on children's literature. But I suspected that kids like to look closely at things and figure out what makes them go.

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Every season I try to top myself, and push it a little further.

The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.

You can swim any way you like in the Dead Sea, actually.

When I start a new novel, I often write 'test chapters' in different tenses and from different points of view in order to figure out which is best to tell the tale.

There have been so many incredible moments since the start of this organization. One that stands out specifically is when an anonymous businessman triple-matched our donation to Memorial Sloan Kettering after our NYC event.

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