I'm a thirty one year old from Australia.I began writing poetry when I was just twelve years old.The first poem I ever wrote was about my mother's little dog she had named Jesse.I was forever tormenting that dog,but as much as I did,I still loved her and one night I was sitting alone in my room with a pencil and piece of paper and just started writing a verse and before morning,the whole four verse poem was complete.So from then on,I got right into the love of writing poetry and got better and better with it as the years grew on.These days I have had my poetry read out at loved one's funerals and for sick people in the hospitals to help put smiles on their faces and also written ones for weddings.It's always a great feeling knowing your words can mean so much to so many and help them see through the difficult times as well as the happy times in life.