I am Poet Laureate of UMass/Boston -- of Annisquam -- and of my family and friends. Also do poems "for hire" -- as, for example, this poem written for Ron Shaikh's "retirement" from being the CEO of Panera Bread. I do, in addition to (many!) retirements, weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, bar and bat mitzvahs, reunions, and etc. I get "the good stuff" from family and friends (in person or phone or email) -- 
 
        After which I call on the Muse,
        Who never, as yet, has been known to refuse!