J. Patrick Lewis

I have always believed that poems beg to be read aloud, even if the reader is in a world all her own.

— J. Patrick Lewis

Poetry is prose, bent out of shape.

— J. Patrick Lewis

The Ladybug wears no disguises. She is just what she advertises. A speckled spectacle of spring, A fashion statement on the wing....…

— J. Patrick Lewis

Please bury me in the library With a dozen long-stemmed proses

— J. Patrick Lewis

Spotted Park Bench I am a park bench. Ordinary words cannot express my thoughts on birds.

— J. Patrick Lewis

Poetry is perfect verbs hunting for elusive nouns.

— J. Patrick Lewis

A bad book owes to many trees | A forest of apologies.

— J. Patrick Lewis

“The Universal Turtle Verse I spend the day nibbling rent-free Underneath the Giving Tree. Me, Rirty Dat and Snerry Jake Show Runny…

— J. Patrick Lewis

"Chocolate mustache" is from a line in the book. It's my favorite title (chosen by me), so I'm pleased that Never Spit…

— J. Patrick Lewis

Libraries Are Neccessary Gardens, Unsurpassed At Growing Excitement

— J. Patrick Lewis

A great book is a homing device For navigating paradise. A good book somehow makes you care About the comfort of a…

— J. Patrick Lewis

I won't be sad too often, If they bury me in the library With bookworms in my coffin.

— J. Patrick Lewis

“The rat is the mous- tache in the trache. the wrong- doer in the soer.”

— J. Patrick Lewis

Poetry is frosted fire.

— J. Patrick Lewis

“The Book Booth There's not a big selection, It's not locked for protection, But at the intersection Of Booth and Telephone, Two…

— J. Patrick Lewis

The laureateship [of U.S. Children's Poet] has brought me a couple of appealing contracts, including my first anthology, the 200-poem The National…

— J. Patrick Lewis

Poetry is the tunnel at the end of the light.

— J. Patrick Lewis