I fell in love with writing when I was 9 years old. My 4th grade teacher introduced us to poetry that year. I wrote "The Day is Dark, The Day is Done, The Clouds Have Moved the Setting Sun." My teacher took me aside to clarify that I had my science correct. How could clouds move the sun? I knew. I had discovered metaphors! I got hooked at the game of marrying words and I haven't put my pencil down since.
