This poem is one of the first poems that I wrote that I can recall by memory. Early on I had a love of dance, sound and language. I had assembled a small book of poetry as a young teen that I folded from wall papered cardboard and plain paper. I remember it so well because it was made with tender care and love. I had drawn a rose on the back cover and a self portrait on the front inside cover. I hope to find it one day amidst the boxes of so many moves. As a youth, I daily walked a round trip of two miles a day to get to my best friends home. While I walked I sang and mostly made up my own words and sometimes my own simple melodies. As I preferred to travel light I did not have the tools with me to write these down. This particular one was patterned after a love poem written by Lord Byron.
This poem is one of the first poems that I wrote that I can recall by memory. Early on I had a love of dance, sound and language. I had assembled a small book of poetry as a young teen that I folded from wall papered cardboard and plain paper. I remember it so well because it was made with tender care and love.
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As a youth, I daily walked a round trip of two miles a day to get to my best friends home. While I walked I sang and mostly made up my own words and sometimes my own simple melodies. As I preferred to travel light I did not have the tools with me to write these down. This particular one was patterned after a love poem written by Lord Byron.