When I was in grade school, I wrote a short, sweet (ridiculously inept, in hindsight) poem as a sort of parody of the balcony scene from Romeo & Juliet. At the time, it struck the fancy of the librarian (I was a bit of a book nerd, and something of her pet....go figure), and she had it blown up for this big wall display. I have pictures. I'm a little embarassed by it now.

However, this experience somehow gave me the idea that I had something to say that might be worth listening to...and I've been writing ever since. In addition to obnoxious high school term papers (featuring intentionally improper usage of the word "consanguineously" or the topic of cannibalism purely so I could use the title "People: The Other White Meat"), I spent a year writing on the now defunct Themestream site...where I wrote a column called "Your Personal Court Poet" that analyzed different kinds of poems through the vehicle of composing on demand. Some of my work from Themestream can still be found floating around the internet, shockingly enough.