from Mike Luster

As the crow flies, I'm 3 hours and 33 minutes due east of you here in southern Missouri. I'm not a poet but a folklorist who reads poetry. I love your work and the many trails you've blazed for me. Those trails have taken me to Maine and Vermont, to New Mexico and California, to Italy and elsewhere. They've delivered great friendship and new insight into my own life and work.

I wish the very best for you and your loved ones.