Like most kids I’ve been writing since elementary school. Starting by learning my letters, and then on to simple phrases and sentences. The earliest memorable piece of writing I had was a poem titled “A Fox in A Box with Socks” the entire poem was based on different words rhyming with fox. Looking back on the poem, it was an expression of my curiosity of rhyming. I’m not sure if I can give credit to any one source since it was so long ago, but if I had to guess, it would be based on Shel Silverstein’s poetic humor. I was read Silberstein’s poems a lot in class and my elementary self must have liked Silverstein enough to have my basic writing reflect his style. As my learning continued throughout elementary into middle school the number of
