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HOW IT ALL STARTED Yes, I am one of "those people". You know the ones-- the misfits who run around looking for flowers in a mountain of rocks. I am a Poet. A writer of verse. I have been creating poetry as long as I can remember. As a child, I added verses to Mother Goose rhymes and Dr. Seuss tales just because I thought they were too short. (They really were!) SCHOOL OFFERS OPTIONS In high school I did dabble a bit with short stories. I wrote two whose plots remain in my head to this day. The first was the story of Inspector Concord Grape and his informant the sexy Chardonnay. He was investigating the rash of missing persons happening in DeFacto's Vineyard. You might have already figured out, I grew up when The Godfather and all the other Mafia books were very popular. The other one I remember writing about was a story of how the Earth was created. Two Martians were having a party and the beverage delivery from Pluto overshot the Planet and crashed with the pizza delivery ship from Mercury. It was "the Big Bang" that everyone has theorized about for the past century! I did enjoy writing those. Then I took a course where I had to keep a notebook and write my opinions and feelings about the topics and books we discussed. The only person aware of what was written inside those pages besides myself was the teacher. I could be completely honest and no one would be able to tell me I was wrong. I would read it later and see if I felt the same or differently. My fresh viewpoint I would add to the book. It was exhilarating and liberating. Writing short complete ideas could prove to be therapeutic. Continue reading in the EBOOK