A poem really does recreate the language, and that's what it has to do. A true poem, I think, has to give you that shiver. That, "yes, it's never been said quite that way before." — Mary Ann Hoberman Copy Share Image
One thing about being a children's poet or a versifier, is that there is a large market for your wares. These things really made… — Mary Ann Hoberman Copy Share
I love to be read to, I love to read aloud and I love to read to children. — Mary Ann Hoberman Copy Share
I don't really sit at the computer from scratch. I prefer to get my ideas in my fingers and I write longhand first. — Mary Ann Hoberman Copy Share
I write a lot of children's verse and I think it delights in the language. It pleases people. It's very musical. It's very lyrical… — Mary Ann Hoberman Copy Share
I've always been a morning person, and what I don't get done in the morning I really don't get done at all. — Mary Ann Hoberman Copy Share
I am a Leo. I was born in August and I love the sunshine. I'm like a cat. We live in a very contemporary… — Mary Ann Hoberman Copy Share
I always hesitate to call myself a children's poet, and I always hesitate to call what I write for children poetry. Though a few… — Mary Ann Hoberman Copy Share
A poem really does recreate the language, and that's what it has to do. A true poem, I think, has to give you that… — Mary Ann Hoberman Copy Share
I don't think anything is as magical as a fairy tale experience by a child. — Mary Ann Hoberman Copy Share
To me, poetry is a recreation, a renewal of language... The subtlety of what words mean and the fact that you write something and… — Mary Ann Hoberman Copy Share
When things aren't going well, I complain a lot and get depressed. I whine and I eat and I go to sleep. I do… — Mary Ann Hoberman Copy Share
I have my faithful rhyming dictionary that sits up there on my desk, but I have to tell you, there are very few new… — Mary Ann Hoberman Copy Share
