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Writing Poetry

What were your early experiences with poetry? When did you write your first poem? Was it at school? Was if for your mom or dad? Was it to a boy or a girl? Was it for a holiday? Many of you will be able to remember some early attempts at writing poetry. Some of you may not. In any event, poetry reading and writing holds a certain fascination because it enables us to express thoughts and feelings in ways that we cannot in prose. We are able to reach deep inside and discover an inner world that is hidden from others. I asked these questions about your first involvement with poetry because I discovered some poems I had written when I was ten to twelve years old. I found them to be sweet and warmly written. Most were about holidays: Christmas, Easter, Halloween and one was to my mother at Christmas time. They were probably assignments from 6th, 7th or 8th grade English. I can remember my first grade teacher, Miss Gazolla (Yes, her real name!), had us write simple poetry in first g