[APPLAUSE]
Thank you, Lisa.
Dear poets, dear poetry, dear friends of poets, and desert
sky.
Desert sky dreams and reminds me I'm home.
I'm happily overwhelmed to be here and have so much gratitude
to everyone who helped make this possible to the Poetry Center,
and to Kore Press, and to all the organizers
and supporters of poetry here, POG, and Casa
Libre, and Jewish Museum.
So I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who--
whose efforts help sustain poetry.