About Poets

Kenn Nesbitt
Kenn Nesbitt (born February 20, 1962) is an American children's poet.[1][2][3] On June
11, 2013, he was named Children's Poet Laureate[4][5] by the Poetry Foundation. He
was the last one to receive this title before the Poetry Foundation changed its name
to Young People's Poet Laureate.[6]
He is a writer of humorous poetry for children, including the books My Hippo Has the
Hiccups and Revenge of the Lunch Ladies. Nesbitt has collaborated with poet Linda
Knaus on a collection of Christmas poems entitled Santa Got Stuck in the Chimney and
with children's musician Eric Herman on several CDs. His poems also appear in
numerous anthologies of humorous children's poetry. Being children's poems, many
make fun of school life. He wrote his first children's poem, "Scrawny Tawny Skinner", in
1994. In 1997, he decided to write his first poetry book, My Foot Fell Asleep, which was
published in 1998.
Nesbitt's poem "The Tale of the Sun and the Moon", was used in the 2010 movie Life as
We Know It. It was set to music by Eric Herman.
Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl[a] (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British author of
popular children's literature and short stories, a poet, screenwriter and a wartime fighter
ace.[1][2] His books have sold more than 300 million copies worldwide.[3][4] Dahl has been
called "one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century".[5]
Dahl was born in Wales to affluent Norwegian immigrant parents, and spent most of his
life in England. He served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War.
He became a fighter pilot and, subsequently, an intelligence officer, rising to the rank of
acting wing commander. He rose to prominence as a writer in the 1940s with works for
children and for adults, and he became one of the world's best-selling authors.[6][7] His
awards for contribution to literature include the 1983 World Fantasy Award for Life
Achievement and the British Book Awards' Children's Author of the Year in 1990. In
2008, The Times placed Dahl 16th on its list of "The 50 Greatest British Writers Since
1945".[8] In 2021, Forbes ranked him the top-earning dead celebrity.[9]
Dahl's short stories are known for their unexpected endings. Often darkly comic mood,
featuring villainous adult enemies of the child characters.[10][11] His children's books
champion the kindhearted and feature an underlying warm sentiment.[12][13] His works
for children include James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory, Matilda, The Witches, Fantastic Mr Fox, The BFG, The Twits, George's
Marvellous Medicine and Danny, the Champion of the World. His works for older
audiences include the short story collections Tales of the Unexpected and The
Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More.
Bruce Lansky
Bruce Lansky is an internationally known poet and anthologist. He was born on June 1,
1941. He went to St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland. He has a passion for
getting children excited about reading and writing poetry. Lansky’s poetry books—
including A Bad Case of the Giggles (2013), Peter, Peter, Pizza-Eater (2006), Mary Had
a Little Jam (2004), If Kids Ruled the School (2004), and Rolling in the Aisles (2004)—
are among America’s best-selling children’s poetry books. He is also the editor of the
middle-grade fiction series Girls to the Rescue and Newfangled Fairy Tales. Lansky has
performed in more than 300 schools from coast to coast. He enjoys returning to his
peaceful home near one of Minnesota’s most beautiful lakes, just outside Minneapolis.
George Leslie Norris (21 May 1921 – 6 April 2006)
George Leslie Norris was born on 21 May 1921 in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales. He was a prize-
winning Welsh poet and short story writer. He taught at academic institutions in Britain and
the United States, including Brigham Young University. Norris is considered one of the most
important Welsh writers of the post-war period, and his literary publications have won many prizes.
Norris published his first poem in 1938 and by 1943, he published his first book of poetry. His career
as a poet began to take off when his first collection Finding Gold was published in 1967. By 1980
Norris published three volumes in the Phoenix Living Poets. His publication Ransoms had won
the Poetry Society's Alice Hunt Bartlett Prize in 1970.
In addition to poems and short stories, Norris published translation, biographies, and reviews. His
personal works deal with such themes as his Welsh home, his past, especially the pre-war period,
his experiences as a teacher, nature, and the life of the instinct. He is considered a fine technician.
Gareth Lancaster
Gareth Lancaster is an English poet who writes for children. One of his poems is called The
Crocodile. It describes the author’s encounter with a crocodile and how he managed to escape from
it. He has written many humorous poems for children.
Another poem by Gareth Lancaster is called Sailing Out to Space. The poem talks about new
beginnings and the end of the old ones. It describes the poet’s journey to the stars while looking at
Mars. He lives in Derbyshire in the United Kingdom.
His poetry has been used in numerous educational publications across the world, including as
set text on examinations. He also hopes to publish a first collection of poetry.

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