What Brought Your Poetic Side?

was never a literature student all through my school years; never seriously started writing poems until my IT yr -- between 2^nd & 3^rd yr in the polyteknic -- the poetic side of me emerged as a result of a heartbreak & way too much time spent in a high-rise overlooking the Atlantic on Marina.

when & how did u discover your flair for writing poems & when d u write your 1^st full poem (if u can still remember)?