In Japanese this is very easy because most nouns also another meaning as a verb. Examples in English are: leaves / to go away; sprout/ to grow up; blossom / bloom; fall / autumn etc. The knowledge and use of pivot words is paramount in the writing of tanka and very useful in renga, also.
Synopsis. Theodor Seuss Geisel was born on March 2, 1904, in Springfield, Massachusetts. He published his first children's book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, under the name of Dr. Seuss in 1937. Next came a string of best sellers, including The Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham.
1 Dr. Seuss' wife, Helen Palmer, also wrote children's books under the Seuss label. 2  The last book Dr. Seuss' ever wrote was a book for  obsolete children  (old peeps) titled You're Only Old Once. 3  When Dr. Seuss was a kid, his mother would soothe him to sleep by chanting rhymes from her childhood.