Charles Ghigna

Enter the writing process with a childlike sense of wonder and discovery. Let it surprise you.

— Charles Ghigna

“Style is not how you write. It is how you do not write like anyone else. * * * How do you…

— Charles Ghigna

A poem is a spider web Spun with words of wonder, Woven lace held in place By whispers made of thunder.

— Charles Ghigna

STYLE IS NOT HOW YOU WRITE IT IS HOW YOUDO NOT WRITE LIKE ANYONE ELSE

— Charles Ghigna

I write poems for children to help them celebrate the joy and wonder of their world and to look at their lives…

— Charles Ghigna

The path to inspiration starts upon the trails we've known; each stumbling block is not a rock, but just a stepping stone.

— Charles Ghigna

Poems for children help them celebrate the joy and wonder of their world. Humorous poems tickle the funny bone of their imaginations.

— Charles Ghigna

They say that love is always blind and that explains so much, young lovers always seem so prone to use their sense…

— Charles Ghigna

Get yourself a notebook and write in it EVERY night for two weeks. Then stop if you can. If you can't, you're…

— Charles Ghigna

Don't search for inspiration when you have a task to do; Just start your work and you will see that it will…

— Charles Ghigna

“Spanish Moss- A Southern Gothic, a Live Oak Lady, caressing limbs, secret and shady. Wild and pale, curly and thin, She's a…

— Charles Ghigna

Do not let fear confine your life Inside a shell of doubt; A turtle never moves until His head is sticking out.

— Charles Ghigna

The greatest reward for a children's author is in knowing that our efforts might stir the minds and hearts of young readers…

— Charles Ghigna

Close your eyes and look inside, A mirror shines within; To find where you are going, First see where you have been.

— Charles Ghigna

When you write for children, don't write for children. Write from the child in you.

— Charles Ghigna

“Diamonds on the petals, Silver on the stems, Early morning sunrise Turns dewdrops into gems.”

— Charles Ghigna