Lois Lowry does not write poetry. But she finds it useful.

Here is what she said about poetry and writer’s block:

Blocked or not (and in truth I seldom am), I begin each day by reading poetry. I’m not a poet myself. But somehow to enter that world where language is distilled and precise, and where cadence and word selection are essential…it propels me into my own work with a heightened sense of excitement and possibility…