Hal Sirowitz
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Hal Sirowitz (born 1949) is an American poet.
He has written six books on poetry and is arguably best known for the volumes Mother Said, My Therapist Said and Father Said.
Sirowitz is the former Poet Laureate of Queens. He worked as a special education teacher in the New York public school system for 23 years. He is married to the writer Mary Minter Krotzer.
[edit] Sirowitz abroad
Sirowitz is the best-selling translated poet in Norway, where Mother Said has been adapted for the stage and turned into a series of animated cartoons.