Good write Joe. And, I still do when we meet which has been infrequent these past months. We went so far as to establish certain rules to keep the meeting focused on the poetry. And Barnes & Nobles holds an open mic once each that some of us attend.

I echo what the two gentlemen and say, this is a wonderful ode to remember the time, one nervous fella muster the courage to get up there on the dais and commence to trembling, and to shuddering what will they, the listeners think when they hear these words, which make sense only to me, And when my minute or two was done , I was relieved by their response, that perhaps I made sense to them too.