Wrote first verse at age 10. Never stopped. No longer young but not old. Had a few things published years ago. Stopped submitting also years ago. Spent 5 years on Hello Poetry. 663 poems, 639 followers. Leaving there in frustration over their collapsing system. works now. Hoping to add a welcome voice here. Who am I? A WASP raised in small-town Washington State. Escaped to LA. at age 20. Escaped LA to the desert 3 yrs. ago.