At the beginning of 2023, I began sending out my poems and in April of that year, my first published poem appeared. In medias res—in the midst of the second move in three years, past the (probable) midpoint of my life, on my way through the crippling fear and anxiety that has often made even ordinary life seem like an extreme sport. Sometimes I wish I could have arrived here earlier, nestled into Poet Land, already become an old grizzled inhabitant dispensing wise advice to those just arriving. Most of the time, I’m just thrilled to be here, finally home after a lifetime of longing.