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When did you write your first poem?

Blog Posted:6/15/2022 5:10:00 AM

How old were you when you wrote your first poem? Did you show it to family or friends?

How did they react? Did you feel encouraged as a poet/writer?

This is a poll for research for a project of mine.

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James
Fraser

Date: 6/26/2022 3:05:00 AM

Con't - Throughout my poems, there's music of some sort in them, but not them all. My kids enjoy what I wrote, some close friends, but colleagues at my new employment have read more than any others previously. Do I feel encouraged presently, more than I have than the previous 5 - 6 years as we've been bringing up our Son, Jamie. PS, My wife and I - 'Olive Eloisa Guillermo' met on PS, and we met in Manila 2015, and married in 2016 <3 nice Blog, would love to see it's end project, James xx

James
Fraser

Date: 6/26/2022 3:05:00 AM

Like Jan, I didn't like poetry when young, although I loved listening to lyrics of the music I grew up with. I didn't start writing until 2009 when feeling a little down in life, I wrote 'The Clever Ape to the Horrible Human' of which is on PS. It was written whilst listening to 'Pink Floyd's' track 'Keep Talking' of which 'Stephen Hawking' appeared to narrate a few words, and to date I've written nearly 2300 poems, all because of life's circumstance and my love for Music.

Jan
Allison

Date: 6/19/2022 2:14:00 AM

I didn't enjoy poetry as a child and i didn't write. I wrote my first poem 'splendid Isolation' when my hubby was in hospital having his cancer surgery and that was November 2013. jan x

James Fraser
Date: 6/26/2022 3:06:00 AM

Our startings were very close Jan, yours Nov 2013, and I sometime in 2009 :) x

Michelle
Faulkner

Date: 6/17/2022 8:41:00 AM

HI Sally, I think I wrote my first poem when I was 13, it was a tribute to my mother, and she's kept it all these years so that means so much to me. I actually stopped writing in my mid twenties, and didn't return to poetry until I found this site in 2018, and it's really helped me blossom as a writer, I feel so blessed to be a part of this remarkable group~

Constance
La France

Date: 6/16/2022 2:28:00 PM

Sally, my first poem was printed in crayon, because I could not write yet, my family always encouraged me to be a writer, they saw the seed in me growing, Grandma had been the family story teller, so I sort of inherited story telling from her. I like to say she gave me the gift of words. I wrote poems about flowers, my pets, friends, family etc, but my first real poem was written on the day my father died, that day I found my poetic voice and the rest is history as they say, I feel blessed that I found Poetry Soup, to write and share my poems,blessings ~Constance

Beryl
Edmonds

Date: 6/16/2022 12:53:00 AM

I was fourteen and one day at school the teacher told us we were going to write an anthology of verse. Had never thought about writing poetry before, the first thing we had to do was design our book cover, then the poetry began. To my surprise I found I enjoyed writing and still have my little book of poems to this day sixty years later. That was how my poetry journey began. I often get asked to write for birthdays, weddings and funerals for which I am always happy to oblige… Belle

John
Watt

Date: 6/15/2022 9:39:00 PM

I wrote my first song lyrics when I was 17. I had 3 friends at the time who were learning to write songs, so we all kind of learned together and shared with each other. I had a rhyming dictionary which I thought was very helpful, but my first critique came from one of my songwriter friends, "too many rhymes", haha. I got over it and kept writing. I started writing poetry 3 years later in a creative writing class in college.

Unseeking
Seeker

Date: 6/15/2022 9:00:00 PM

Probably since early school days … then it kind of hibernated (as I got busy with college, career and family), before it’s inevitable resurrection!

Connie
Pachecho

Date: 6/15/2022 1:03:00 PM

I remember that first poem. It took me all day to write. I took a pen to a greeting card and wrote to my future wife. She was Yale and I was high school and I was overwhelmed with her intelligence and everything about her. So I had to impress her with a poem. I wrote spontaneous and without pretense. That is me. One would think a Cupid arrow type poem would be the best approach and bingo. But instead I wrote about how a den of baby rabbits met their mortality by a wily fox. It turned out to be a hit with her and subsequent we bonded from there. Thank you Sally for the blog and reading.

Hilo
Poet

Date: 6/15/2022 11:00:00 AM

I was twelve and in middle school when I wrote a small piece to impress a girl. First, I read it aloud to my friends in the restroom, then they laughed and told me to flush it because it didn't sound like I had written it. Same on the baseball field where the guys also had laughed crying, "Foul," they believe that I had one of my older siblings write it for me. All in all, she did like it, so I kept writing more but I sadly learned that she liked the poems more than she'd liked me. In the end, I went with her BFF, at that time, who was always an earshot away. Hoping I am that me whom others agree, Sally, and with a heart-filled thanks my friend, Aloha~William

Darlene
De Beaulieu

Date: 6/15/2022 10:57:00 AM

I created my first poem when I lived in Wiarton. This is were I learned to create poetry. I created many poems there. I learned to create poetry at the Literacy Center. After I created the poem I had to read it out loud.

L Milton
Hankins

Date: 6/15/2022 9:57:00 AM

Sally, I'm not sure, but it would have been when I was in elementary school. I've always been a writer. I doubt that I showed it to anyone. Perhaps a teacher. I took a poetry class in college and the professor encouraged us to submit our work to magazines and journals. She told me to "keep your day job," but I had a poem in Christian Century before the class ended.

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2/14/2025	SWAN	Imagism	angel,bird,flower,imagery
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11/12/2024	Adorned and Adored	Imagism	beauty,fashion,giving,ima
11/8/2024	NOW	Free verse	feelings,history,humanity
9/30/2024	More	Free verse	blessing,granddaughter,he
9/20/2024	Beyond Despair	Diamante	angst,emotions,faith,feel
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8/24/2024	The Argument	Diamante	anger,angst,conflict,feel
8/23/2024	Truth to Power Historically	Diamante	culture,history,humanity,
8/17/2024	My Anniversary Today	Prose Poetry	anniversary,love,marriage
8/16/2024	Recalling the Moment a potd	Imagism	butterfly,imagery,summer,
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7/12/2024	As Another July Day Dawns	Imagism	christmas,dark,imagery,ju
7/9/2024	SEE	Imagism	butterfly,flying,imagery,
6/14/2024	Moon Sighs	Free verse	fantasy,imagery,imaginati
6/10/2024	UNDEFINED	Narrative	death,future,grief,langua
6/10/2024	To Live and Breathe Creating	Free verse	art,beauty,creation,dance
5/29/2024	For Us	Free verse	dance,god,heaven,history,
5/27/2024	DOG	Haiku	character,dog,dream,freed
5/26/2024	Nature Presents Hope	Monoku	encouraging,flower,hope,i
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5/25/2024	Ode for a Fortunate Infant	Ode	birth,blessing,family,ide
5/23/2024	RISING	Rhyme	day,imagery,moon,spring,s
5/20/2024	Heart Gentle Eye Mindful	Narrative	bible,creation,faith,god,
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5/4/2024	The Memory Speaks	Imagism	imagery,life,memory,remem
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10/1/2023	Words Vanish	Free verse	christian,devotion,faith,
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6/25/2023	The Pups and I Go Walking	Rhyme	dog,earth,heaven,imagery,
6/22/2023	Lifes Growing Joy Poem Within a Poem	Prose Poetry	christian,feelings,happin
6/18/2023	The Trapped Wasp Tale	Personification	character,fear,feelings,f
6/17/2023	Sketching the Ballerina	Prose Poetry	angst,anxiety,beauty,danc
6/17/2023	Bugged	Rhyme	angst,humor,insect,life,m
6/17/2023	A Daisy Tale	Narrative	firework,growing up,image
6/15/2023	Musings	Free verse	environment,inspirational
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Grace	Free verse	childhood,faith,family,fo
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- Time For Truth -	Free verse	emotions,goodbye,truth,
A Free Spirit	Free verse	love,
Super, Awesome, and Grand	Sonnet	daughter,death,pets,
Turtle	Verse	animal,beauty,flower,natu
Appreciate Me	Free verse	appreciation,blessing,tre
In Soft Glowing Mistress Flame of the Beauty's Breath - a Collaboration With Susan Ashley	Rhyme	art,beautiful,desire,love
Balmy Dawn	Haiku	nature,
He Sits Astride a Horse	Free verse	celebration,dark,hero,his
A Drug Called Love	Free verse	love,
Missing, the Magic	Rhyme	angel,love,magic,nature,
January Sky	Haiku	nature,silver,tree,
Three Trees	Verse	autumn,color,nature,
One Day In a Life	Sonnet	america,day,dream,heart,i
The Empty Academy Schoolhouse	Free verse	history,nostalgia,school,
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Transcendence	Tanka	beach,death,destiny,fathe
The Spaces Between	Free verse	creation,imagination,insp
After the Flood	Rhyme	bible,god,inspiration,
Auction of Emotions	Free verse	angst,emotions,philosophy
The Hunter and His Prey	Free verse	introspection,perspective
Rest	Free verse	death,freedom,heaven,jour
Haiku No 15	Haiku	9th grade,
Reality	Senryu	life,
That's Poetry	Free verse	poems,poetess,poetry,poet
Stormy Day	Free verse	storm,
Unstable	Rhyme	anxiety,conflict,depressi
Tragic, When Innocence Was Lost and Love Fled	Romanticism	art,creation,deep,symboli
Shifting Plates of Time	Narrative	age,
Loved Ones	Verse	lost love,
Edge of Silence	Free verse	analogy,love,
Pruning	Free verse	change,death,garden,growt
Poem of November 19th	Verse	age,autumn,earth,loss,los
Buttons of Light	Monoku	morning,sky,
Wintertime	Lyric	holiday,nature,snow,song,
Wounded Sanctity	Pantoum	analogy,appreciation,beau
Annus Mirabilis-1905	Verse	celebration,
Stitches	Free verse	father,mother,
A Loud Hullabaloo	Quatern	nature,
I Wander These Winter Beaches	Free verse	solitude,winter,
The Seagulls	Pantoum	bird,
Golden Dawn	Monoku	beauty,color,morning,natu
Repossessing Reality	Tanka	allusion,life,memory,
Love In the Making	Pantoum	love,
Home Is My Beating Heart	Quintain (Sicilian)	home,
O For the Wings, Eyes and Ears of An Owl	Rhyme	fantasy,muse,mythology,
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When Night Falls	Free verse	home,night,peace,silence,
A Date With Milton	Free verse	death of a friend,
Tea-Drenched Flowers	Pantoum	analogy,appreciation,beau
In Denial	Free verse	fate,
Reflections	Triolet	memory,new year,
Vaporise	Sonnet	heart,joy,silence,spiritu
An Existential Curiosity	Free verse	endurance,inspiration,sci
Sacred Hearts	Free verse	appreciation,spiritual,
2am, An Ode To Night	Free verse	creation,inspirational,me
Frost	Haiku	cool,
And In My Dreams	Rhyme	night,
- Funeral -	Free verse	dark,death,fantasy,farewe
You Sang To Me	Rhyme	appreciation,music,
There Is a Reason I Requested This Restaurant	Romanticism	dedication,love,marriage,
Ripples In the Water	Rhyme	image,water,
Dance Little Lady Dance	Rhyme	appreciation,beauty,
Magic Spell	Quintain (Sicilian)	dance,
Soothing Tomorrows	Free verse	emotions,love,
Finding and Forgiving	Triolet	appreciation,character,fo
Immaculate Conception	Free verse	christian,christmas,faith
- Pearl Jewelry -	Shape	beautiful,
Sweet Little Cat	Rhyme	cat,
- Haiku X 245 - Legend -	Haiku	beauty,christmas,flower,
Be the Flame of Compassion	Rhyme	care,encouraging,inspirat
- What's Wrong -	Free verse	confusion,dark,depression
911 the Falling Man Cometh	Rhyme	truth,
Beyond Reach	Free verse	analogy,children,emotions
Weep No More- Doll	Rhyme	children,happiness,loneli
If	Rhyme	loneliness,love,love hurt
I Know Why I Sit Here	Free verse	friendship,
Paper Souls	Free verse	depression,loneliness,sor
Always Gray	Rhyme	dark,lost love,
Yet Pushed, Ever Onward, I Dare Tread	Sonnet	courage,deep,dream,imagin
Hide	Free verse	love,
Brouhaha	Acrostic	abuse,addiction,
Nocturnal Foxes	Haiku	animal,dark,
Reflections 1393	Shape	remember,
Where Rare Birds Sing	Verse	autumn,nature,
Death Defeated	Rhyme	death,nature,
In a Moment	Free verse	appreciation,blessing,chr
Big Words, Small Words Its Really Up To Her	Prose	appreciation,hero,write,

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Thomas Wells	United States	Read
Caren Krutsinger	United States	Read
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Terry Miller	United Kingdom	Read
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Joe Maverick	United Kingdom	Read
Susan Ashley	United States	Read
Rico Leffanta	United States	Read
Mike Bayles	United States	Read
Joanna Daniel	India	Read
P.S. Awtry	United States	Read
Silpika Kalita	India	Read
Richard Palmer	Jamaica	Read
Line Gauthier	Canada	Read
Len Gasun	Thailand	Read
Vijay Pandit	United States	Read
Timothy Ray	United States	Read
Deb M	Australia	Read
Tom Cunningham	United Kingdom	Read
Beata Agustin	Philippines	Read
David Kavanagh	Ireland	Read
Team Poetrysoup	United States	Read
Peter Rees	United Kingdom	Read
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Augustine Ogoegbunam Eseke	Nigeria	Read
Susan Lawrence	United States	Read
Aysha Nuwas	United States	Read
Michael Tor	United States	Read
Ts Poetry	United States	Read
John Doherty	United Kingdom	Read
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Bill Baker	United States	Read
Fred Elorm Hornuvo	Ghana	Read
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Speaks Volumes	Australia	Read
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David Fisher	United States	Read
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Christina Bowring	United Kingdom	Read
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