In 1971, when I was 29, I wrote my first volume of poetry. I am a poet, and I have published four books of my poems.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I was completely devoted to reading and books from the age of seven. It took until I was 18 to have the confidence to write poetry.
Well - I started writing - probably in the early 60s and by say '65-'66 I had read most of the poetry that had been published - certainly in the 20 years prior to that.
I was a 16-year-old girl at one point, so of course I wrote poetry.
I have also written some poems which have not been collected in a volume.
My first collection of poems was published by Bloodaxe Books, which was then a very new imprint.
My first book was poetry, but I didn't write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books were prose.
I've been writing since I was sixteen. At first, I wrote mostly short stories and poetry. The first thing I ever had published was a poem about a football game. It was printed in my local newspaper.
Well, I like to write poetry. I'm a published poet.
I have been writing poetry since 1975. My first poetry book was published in 1986.
My first book was an adult novel, 'Down Among the Gods,' published by Virago, and I've written poems as well, a slim volume of poetry.