A hearty welcome to new Perpetual Bird follower Andrew Shields. Our thought-canoes have passed, now close, now farther apart, in a variety of comment streams (always a pleasure). Drop by his blog and from there sample his fine poems and translations.
Joseph Hutchison, Colorado Poet Laureate 2014-2019, has published 20 collections of poems and edited or co-edited three poetry anthologies. He currently directs two master’s-level programs for University College at the University of Denver: Professional Creative Writing and Arts & Culture Management. Joe lives with his wife, Melody Madonna, in the mountains southwest of Denver, Colorado, the city where he was born. 
I’ve always loved that joke!
Nah, we can eat now.<BR/><BR/>As the Zen monk said to the hotdog vendor, "Make me one with everything."<BR/><BR/>(Joke stolen from Jonathan Williams—his intro to <A HREF="http://books.google.com/books?id=kb5lAAAAMAAJ&q=jubilant+thicket&dq=jubilant+thicket&ei=Gr1PSYXaO4-SMrDQxeMM&pgis=1" REL="nofollow"><I>Jubilant Thicket</I></A>.)
One more and we’ll have the Last Supper? 🙂