When I was 9 or 10, we had to write a mothers day poem at school. We had an hour to do it, and when we were finished, our teacher said all the poems will be entered to a competition. I was horrified as it was a personal poem to my mom, and I also though it was so bad. What can a little girl write anyways? Well, at then end, I happen to win that contest, my poem was published in a school paper and on a national newspaper. I had no idea how my poem won, but I was happy at the end, I got a little reward too, some pencils and colorbook That was a huge deal for a little girl back then!

I've written some poems after that too, but they are all in Finnish, and a bit too personal to be shared if I ever translate them. I just write for my own pleasure, but I'd love to read other poems though.
I'm not a big fan of rhyming either, sometimes it goes, sometimes not.