i've written over 200 something and still going. i just wanted to know b/c i didn't notice how many i had written till a couple of days ago after gathering all of my poetry together. also how long have you been writing? i started at the age of 9 and now i'm 16.
2007-06-06 10:09:46 · 11 answers · asked by seth-enoch 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Poetry
I just started around a year or so ago, I have written around 50 probably. I am 13.
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kara
2007-06-06 10:14:05 · answer #1 · answered by Kara P 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I started in first grade when I learned to write...and I mean write, not just poetry.
But I don't think it's the quantity, I think it's the quality.
Having said that, practice has a lot to do with quality, unless you are "a natural." So, whether you've written hundreds or thousands or how old you were when you started...to me, it's not really significant.
I would advise you to focus on each and every poem and think less about the volume.
People who write also tend to begin to write at different ages. And people who write are also sometimes prolific at different ages.
For example, Anne Sexton didn't start writing until she was an adult. I'm not sure she was prolific, but there is a large body of work.
I started in first grade and have a large body of work, but nothing near what Anne published...and maybe I will never be good enough to publish.
Good luck.
2007-06-06 12:24:16 · answer #2 · answered by margot 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's strange, you don't realize how many you write until you try to organize them. I've been working on it and I have , and I'm still guessing here, easily 7,000 poems. Understand, I'm 48 and have a lot of years on you. Burt it's fun to look back and see what I was writing about 25 years ago. Women, by the way LOL
2007-06-06 10:18:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I started last year but I dont write often. I havent written in a while. I destroyed a few so I have about 15 poems or so... and only a few I consiquered worth while.
2007-06-06 10:59:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow good question. I started back in third grade LOL If I count all the ones that have been THROWN IN THE TRASH lol I'd say I've written about 200 poems in my life. Its how I vent and relieve stress and frustration.
2007-06-06 10:18:46 · answer #5 · answered by Rina 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I started at 12 and wrote enough to fill 8 book boxes and 14 UHaul Toy boxes - then I stopped. I recycled all the paper and forgot how to write them. I am ever so much more than 20.
2007-06-06 10:23:22 · answer #6 · answered by Walking on Sunshine 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i'm only 16, and just started writting, I've written about 20, but only a few do I really like and think are good. Hopefully i'll get better over time.
2007-06-06 10:25:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I started writing when I was a teenager and now I'm 56 and I've almost finished my first poem. I wonder how long the next one will take!
2007-06-06 10:56:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
maybe like 57 since I first started writing personal poetry
2007-06-06 10:43:43 · answer #9 · answered by Inahzi13 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
about 1,500 and published one volume of poems and declined recently to do a second so I can work on them some more.
2007-06-07 03:44:45 · answer #10 · answered by dcmapa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋