David (see above) wrote on his blog that the meme below was making the rounds in the San Francisco blogosphere. I decided to import (and revise, of course!) it over here in the poetry blogosphere. Come on bloggers. I invite Mary Biddinger, Charles Jensen, Kelli Agodon, and Eduardo Corral to play. I’d invite more, but I’m tired of pasting in all the links. =-)

If you decide to fill it out and post it on your blog, please post the link in the comments.

Age when I decided I wanted to be a writer: 8
Age when I wrote my first short story: 19
Age when I first got my hands on a good word processor: 22
Age when I first submitted a short story to a magazine: Never
Rejections prior to first short story sale: Never made a short story sale.
Age when I sold my first short story: See above.
Approximate number of short stories sold: Approximately zero.
Age when I first sold a poem: 23? 24?
Poems sold: I have no clue how many poems. (I think a novelist wrote this meme.)
Year I first published a book: 2009
Books published or delivered and in the pipeline: 2
Number of titles in print: 0. Soon to be one.
Age now: What poet wants to share their age?

Bernie wrote a sentence, which surprised me. When I first saw the title of her blog post, I figured the rules included using a list. I prefer to write a list, so here goes:

1. red
2. compassion
3. curious
4. Chinese maple tree
5. notebook
6. mantra
7. pencil

These are the 6-word memoir rules:

1. Write your own six word memoir
2. Post it on your blog and include a visual illustration if you’d like
3. Link to the person that tagged you in your post
4. Tag five more blogs with links
5. And don’t forget to leave a comment on the tagged blogs with an invitation to play!

By the way, you would not have to do #5 if you used WordPress. I can see who has linked to
my blog from my dashboard when I open up WordPress. =)

I’ll tag Jeanine Hall Gailey and Allen Taylor to start.