If you thought Taylor Swift's "tortured poets" era was relatively new, think again.
After the release of Swift's eleventh studio album The Tortured Poets Department—which turned out to be a secret double feature with 15 addition songs—CBS Philadelphia sat down with two the singer's former elementary school teachers to learn more about Swift's poetic origins.
"She always was writing poetry—always—even in music class; even when she shouldn't," Barbara Kolvek, Swift's elementary school music teacher, told the publication.
