I was first published when I was only 10 years old. My 4th grade teacher encouraged me to write a lot (on a typewriter back then) and submit a few of my poems to a publishing contest. The contest was for students attending a Department of Defense school in Asia […] “The Poles Poem” in the Far East Sun FifteenThis entry was posted in Writing and tagged writing on September 28, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter