Steve Blass was a teammate of Roberto Clemente from 1964 through 1972. Following Clemente’s death on December 31, 1972, Blass read the eulogy below at a memorial service for Clemente held in Puerto Rico on January 4, 1973. * We’ve been to the wars together We took our foes as they ...
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simpler poem for his funeral, which I publish in the local paper on his birthday as a memorial – it ends “Sail on, you’re free, sail on.”
The title poem features several sonnet-sized zoom meetings for a memorial service, a classroom setting, and an encounter with a new family baby. You will find an artistic representation and humor to reflect this age of technology-induced proximity and social distance. Through the poems, you will...
Driven by a deep love for her homeland and its cultural heritage, Yeh began returning to China in 1978. From 1979 onward, she traveled to the mainland annually to lecture on Chinese literature and poetry, eventually settling at Nankai University in her later years. ...
After hanging around the river by Bridge Square for a bit, I descend the colorfulRiverwalk Poetry Steps,a river poem crafted by a collaboration of 17 poets.We come to the river starry-eyed/across bridges reaching out to neighbors/over the river’s rushing waters… ...
(About the traveling) One day after the memorial service for my friend, it was raining. I stayed at the Red Roof Inn. I ended up writing a poem for Anne Russell, “The Red Roof Inn Plus.” In remembrance for a time my dog and I stayed with her once. It actually came out pretty...
POETRY OFFERS EMPOWERMENT, HEALING, CONNECTION AND OPPORTUNITY. For me, poetry opened a door... Early in life I felt ill-equipped to grapple with the realities that life handed me, let alone express my views or feelings about the direction my life had taken. I would later find that poetry...
It was my honor today to write and deliver this prayer at a Memorial Service/Action sponsored by the recently (re)createdChicago Union for the Homeless. The Winter Solstice (today) has been designatedHomeless Person’s Memorial Dayto remember those who have died homeless in the past year. ...