Consciousness Quote by Aldous Harding

I began to write poetry when I was about four years old. In other words, I've always been writing poetry.

— Ernesto Cardenal

I was a 16-year-old girl at one point, so of course I wrote poetry.

— Elizabeth Edwards

I was 14 or 15 when I discovered poetry, and I pretty much stopped writing prose until Master of Reality.

— John Darnielle

I always wanted to write poetry, even when I was very young.

— Ama Ata Aidoo

I've written poetry since I was a kid. As the years went on, I got into writing stories and screenplays, but I always, always…

— Blake Jenner

I've written poetry since I was in the first grade, and it wasn't until I was a little bit older that I realized poetry…

— Jordin Sparks

I've always written, all my life, and when I was very young I developed an interest in poetry.

— Jeffery Deaver

I began writing poetry when I was about 10. Bad poetry, but you start with bad poetry.

— Jonas Mekas

Growing up as a kid, I took creative writing classes, and I was always into poetry.

— Ivan Moody

I was completely devoted to reading and books from the age of seven. It took until I was 18 to have the confidence to…

— Christopher Koch

I wrote poetry for seven or eight years, maybe longer, before I could say I was a poet. If people asked, I'd say I…

— Stephen Dunn

I think that at a certain age, say fifteen or sixteen, poetry is like masturbation. But later in life good poets burn their early…

— Umberto Eco