I have been writing poetry since 1975. My first poetry book was published in 1986.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Well, I like to write poetry. I'm a published poet.
I've been writing poems and stories since I was about 13.
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.
I've written poetry since I was a kid. As the years went on, I got into writing stories and screenplays, but I always, always kept up with poetry as well.
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.
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.
I was a 16-year-old girl at one point, so of course I wrote poetry.
I wrote a lot of poetry when I was a teenager - mostly desperate love poetry!
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.
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.