Word after word, and line after line. Some poems rhymed and some didn’t. I don’t remember worrying about ideas, or how to get an idea, I just wrote what I was feeling, seeing, and thinking.

Here are some questions to help you think about the themes, ideas and attitudes of two poems when making a comparison: Two poems that deal with the theme of family relationships are Walking Away ...

Ted Geisel used to tell kids he got his ideas from a certain store where he went from time to time to get a sack of them. He may have fudged about the store, but you really can fill a sack with ideas.