I wrote my first poem in the 6th grade, as part of an assignment. It was a Vietnam antiwar poem. I've been writing ever since, and while I still write antiwar poetry, I write much more than that subject alone, covering all topics. I've had about a dozen poems published thus far. I don't write for publication though. I write for the purpose of creating art. I write because I want to, and in fact, have to. It's what I do. It's who I am. I am a poet.