There once was a man from Nantucket...

One man's poetry is another man's poison

According to my friend Garrison Keillor, April is National Poetry Month and when I say “friend,” I mean I was on his radio show, A Prairie Home Companion, once about 22 years ago. We chatted briefly afterwards and he told me I was “very aggressive,” which I took to mean that he hated my comedy and that was the extent of our relationship. I still think o…