Such sorrow to know that Miles is gone. In the warm interview with Laure-Anne, I heard for the first time Miles read some of his own poems, from “The Beginning:” “before I had a self…while I stood mute,” and knowing what it meant to break through your own silence, he said of poetry and the sharing of it: “this is just joy, I don’t know how else to put it.” It was his generosity to make that joy available to others through the Palm Beach Poetry Festival, and a joy absolutely to be there and to be part of a place where people listened to each other, a privilege I share with so many others, along with gratitude to Miles, its founder and presiding spirit. His life has been a blessing to us all.