When did you start writing?

[Brenda Michelle]

your not weird ghost! just be happy and gald of who you are now and not worry about the past! because you cant go back and change it all you can do is prevent it from happing again. even thought the past is hard to forget dont grieve about it just carry on with your life!

[Ghost]

Oh yeah, I know I can't change the past nor would I really want to. If I didn't have a stepmother that was verbally abusive to me, I might not have turned out to be the person I am today. A lot of the hate in my poems comes from her and all the things she's done to me because of her disease. She is a drug addict and I believe that it really is a disease with her it's no longer whether or not she wants to do drugs. I am the dwelling type of person where if some one starts giving me a guilt trip, I start feeling worthless and even contemplate suicide again. I've gotten better, so there's no need to start worring about little old me. But that's mostly the reason I've started writing. It's the only way that it feels like I can be myself and not be worried about how society or people view me.

[bench]

I started writing when I first learned how to read. But my first poem cam when I was around 7 years old.

[Dreamer]

hehe I'd love to hear it Bench

[Sweet Sara]

um...well.... i wrote about 6 small poems in 6th grade and threw them away for no reason at all but my inspiration came in the begining of 8th grade when my teacher taught us more about it. ive been writin it ever since.

[Dreamer]

Glad to see this old topic resurface. It's neat to know how we all started. And it is good to reread it again too I try not to throw out anything I have written. Makes for alot of little scraps of paper around the house.

[emilee]

i started writing about a year or so ago. i loved to write in language class and everything, i just never knew i could write poetry. my friend got me into it and i love it!

[Meridian Zuriel]

I started writing in the 6th grade, the same year, I started piano lessons......... I've become addicted to poetry so much, that it's hard to quit..... hahhahaha....... You know, since I started writing poems and taking piano lessons in the same year, it wasn't until 2 years later, that I composed music..... Poetry and music lyrics are just the same..... It's therapeutic too......

[Meridian Zuriel]

Oh by the way Emilee, I love your quote at the bottom! YOU GO GIRL!

[emilee]

thanks!