‘It always comes down to poetry’ – Key West’s Poet Laureate reflects on a life well lived
“Some friends and I were in Havana to ring in the New Year,” he said from his cottage’s book-crowded living room. “December, 1959, and Fidel Castro was ‘on his way’ to Havana. We were part of a mob of people who fled to Miami.”
When he arrived in Miami, some friends decided to visit Key West.
“Loved it on sight!” Kirby said. “My friend and I bought our first house. It was where the Banyan timeshare is now, on Whitehead Street.”
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