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X. J. Kennedy [1929-0] American

Rank: 101
Author, Poet

X. J. Kennedy is a poet, translator, anthologist, editor, and author of children's literature and textbooks on English literature and poetry. He was long known as Joe Kennedy; but, wishing to distinguish himself from Joseph P. Kennedy, he added an "X" as his first initial.

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As a writer given to the old formalities of rhyme and meter, I sometimes feel endangered these days.		101
My real name is Joe Kennedy, but if you live in Massachusetts, you can't sign 'Joe Kennedy.' So, back in 1957, I stuck the X on my name to be different from those people in Hyannis Port.		102
I don't think anybody is a poet 24/7, only in those rare moments when a person is producing a poem.		103
To me, a poem that's in rhyme and meter is the difference between watching a film in full color and watching a film in black and white. Not that a few black and white films aren't wonderful. So are certain successful pieces of free verse.		104
I like poems where you don't really know whether to laugh or cry when you read them.		105
The attitude that poetry should not be analyzed is prevalent among many who consider themselves experts on children's literature. But I suspected that kids like to look closely at things and figure out what makes them go.	Attitude	106

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