1.
The Ladybug wears no disguises. She is just what she advertises. A speckled spectacle of spring, A fashion statement on the wing.... A miniature orange kite. A tiny dot-to-dot delight.
J. Patrick Lewis
2.
Poetry is perfect verbs hunting for elusive nouns.
J. Patrick Lewis
3.
Poetry is the tunnel at the end of the light.
J. Patrick Lewis
4.
A great book is a homing device For navigating paradise. A good book somehow makes you care About the comfort of a chair. A bad book owes to many trees A forest of apologies.
J. Patrick Lewis
5.
A bad book owes to many trees | A forest of apologies.
J. Patrick Lewis
6.
Spotted Park Bench
I am a park bench.
Ordinary words cannot
express my thoughts on birds.
J. Patrick Lewis
7.
Poetry is frosted fire.
J. Patrick Lewis
8.
Libraries
Are
Neccessary
Gardens,
Unsurpassed
At
Growing
Excitement
J. Patrick Lewis
9.
Poetry is prose, bent out of shape.
J. Patrick Lewis
10.
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
11.
I won't be sad too often, If they bury me in the library With bookworms in my coffin.
J. Patrick Lewis
12.
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 Geographic Book of Animal Poetry.Apart from the increased travel, I won't let anything interfere with writing poetry.
J. Patrick Lewis
13.
"Chocolate mustache" is from a line in the book. It's my favorite title (chosen by me), so I'm pleased that Never Spit was tossed.
J. Patrick Lewis
14.
Please bury me in the library With a dozen long-stemmed proses
J. Patrick Lewis