Dear Readers,

Craig Arnold wrote a poem called “Meditation on a Grapefruit” and every time I eat a grapefruit I say some lines from that poem in my head. I don’t eat a lot of grapefruit, and it’s a poem, so it’s maybe not really about grapefruit, but the words make my grapefruit taste more like grapefruit.

J. Patrick Lewis wrote a poem about papercuts called “The Unkindest Cut” and anytime I or anyone near me slices their finger with paper, I recite it. When people first hear it, they give me a strange look, but my children love it.

If you surround yourselves with words and poetry, you’ll always have a soundtrack to life. And you’ll more deeply know the pains and joys that make it up.

Sincerely,

Mr. Curt