In masks and gown we haunt the street And knock on doors for trick or treat Tonight we are the king and queen, For oh tonight it's Halloween! — Jack Prelutsky Copy Share Image
It's Halloween! It's Halloween! The moon is full and bright And we shall see what can't be seen On any other night. Skeletons and ghosts and ghouls, Grinning goblins fighting duels Werewolves rising from their tombs, Witches on their magic… — Jack Prelutsky Copy Share Image
There's not too much difference between writing a picture book and writing a collection of a hundred poems or so, except that the bigger… — Jack Prelutsky Copy Share
Poetry seems to sink into us the way prose doesn't. I can still quote verses I learned when I was very young, but I… — Jack Prelutsky Copy Share
She comes by night, in fearsome flight, in garments black as pitch, the queen of doom upon her broom, the wild and wicked witch. — Jack Prelutsky Copy Share
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 Copy Share
His blood is black and boiling hot, he gurgles ghastly groans. He'll cook you in his dinner pot, your skin, your flesh, your bones. — Jack Prelutsky Copy Share
I write the poems first, with only a few exceptions for odd reasons, where I'm given the illustration first. — Jack Prelutsky Copy Share
“I often repeat repeat myself, I often repeat repeat. I don't don't know why know why, I simply know that I I I am… — Jack Prelutsky Copy Share
Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas, play with language, solve problems, use my imagination, and draw on my own childhood. — Jack Prelutsky Copy Share
I keep a guitar around while writing and will improvise music. I do this for several reasons, such as that it's fun, and sometimes… — Jack Prelutsky Copy Share
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,… — Jack Prelutsky Copy Share
I've been influenced by poets as diverse as Dylan Thomas, Lewis Carroll, and Edgar Allan Poe. — Jack Prelutsky Copy Share
