X. J. Kennedy Quotes

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.

X. J. Kennedy Quotes

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.

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

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.

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

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A friend is nothing but a known enemy.

When I'm home, I'm Daddy, and everything is completely normal.

Those who fight corruption should be clean themselves.

In the future, I'd like to make jewelry and sell it under my own name. But right now, I've got enough on my plate!

I don't worry about great visuals that they showed that weren't actually running on real hardware. It doesn't matter. Gamers don't make their purchase decisions based on movies that were shown in May for products that come out in March.

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