It all started, oddly enough, with Olympiad preparations in mathematics. Our teacher loved poetry, and in the evenings, when we sat tired, with our brains boiling from problems, he read poems to us, so expressively and beautifully that everyone - both those who loved poetry and those who did not - listened to him spellbound . And then it turned out that he himself writes poetry. Then, in one of the conversations, I asked him how he did it (I also wanted to learn how to write if possible). The answer was extremely simple: you need to stop being afraid of your thoughts. And even if they seem wonderful and strange to you, write them down. And then, when you read it again, you will realize that it turned out great, and you can finish it. The main thing is not to be afraid. Later, this teacher stopped teaching mathematics to us. He took another class. But the lesson he taught me stayed with me forever. This is my first collection of poems, from October 2017 to January 2022. Where will the courage of my thoughts take me longer? How I want to know!