Thank you, Doug. Only regret here is that
I'm not able to be in Albany (I'm in Rochester)
to share this time with those left.
> Sounds like a great loss to your community there, Gerald. And your
> sense of that loss is palpable.
>
> Doug
> On 31-Jan-05, at 11:02 AM, Jerry wrote:
>
> > This is a shock, moreover a personal shock. Tom
> > was so much to so many, with his energy, his wisdom,
> > his politics... his performance... and his poetry.
> >
> > He did so much for so many, he did so much for me.
> >
> > i will take a wedge of stone
> > chisel it with gentleness
> > grind it with entusiasm
> > polish it with peace
> > remembering him
> > all the while
> > until the world is
> > split off from its injustices
> > carved away from its wars
> >
> >
> > Love & Peace,
> > Gerald Schwartz
> >>
> >>> The sad message below just in from Dan Wilcox. Tom Nattell was a
> >>> great
> >>> spirit here in Albany, NY -- the guiding light behind the "town" (as
> >>> against, or rather parellel to, the "gown") poetry scene for more
> >>> than
> >>> 20 years -- the indefatigable organizer of yearly anti-war, anti-aids
> >>> readings, of wonderful summer poetry events at the foot of the Robbie
> >>> Burns statue in Washington Park, the neo-beat organiser who would
> >>> bring
> >>> the likes of Ferlinghetti, Ed Sanders or Anne Waldman to town, and
> >>> who
> >>> could be found at all anti-war rallies. He created and for 10 years
> >>> hosted Albany's oldest continuous open mic series at the QE2
> >>> nightclub.
> >>> At parties Tom was always eager to talk not only to the poets but to
> >>> everyone -- my son Miles remembers him fondly for talking with him at
> >>> length & for teaching him how to juggle with fruit -- and, says
> >>> Miles,
> >>> for his incredibly cool green beret. Tom was the heart & soul of the
> >>> Albany poetry scene, and a great poet-performer himself (often with
> >>> Dan
> >>> Wilcox and Charlie Rossiter as the "Three guys from Albany" -- who
> >>> among other things travelled to all the Albanys in the country to do
> >>> readings. Check out their epic "Central Avenue" :
> >>> http://www.poetrypoetry.com/Features/3Guys/3Guys.html).
> >>> He will be sorely missed -- may his spirit travel unhindered wherever
> >>> it has to travel to, and may it visit us often for inspiration and
> >>> courage. -- Pierre
> >>>
> >>> "It is with great sorrow that I must report the death of our friend
> >>> Tom
> >>> Nattell early this morning.
> >>> He died peacefully at home with those he loved. I had been over
> >>> earlier & read poetry to him.
> >>> And it is with great joy that I recall the hours & days & words &
> >>> miles
> >>> I spent with him.
> >>> He will live on in all that he left behind in the poetry community &
> >>> in
> >>> the community at large.
> >>>
> >>> When I have details about services, etc. I will pass them on.
> >>>
> >>> Peace,
> >>> DWx:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> =================================================
> >>> "Lyric poetry has to be exorbitant or not at all." -- Gottfried Benn
> >>> =================================================
> >>> For updates on readings, etc. check my current events page:
> >>> http://albany.edu/~joris/CurrentEvents.html
> >>> =================================================
> >>> Pierre Joris
> >>> 244 Elm Street
> >>> Albany NY 12202
> >>> h: 518 426 0433
> >>> c: 518 225 7123
> >>> o: 518 442 40 85
> >>> email: [log in to unmask]
> >>> http://www.albany.edu/~joris/
> >>> =================================================
> >
> >
>
>
> Douglas Barbour
> Department of English
> University of Alberta
> Edmonton Alberta T6G 2E5 Canada
> (780) 436 3320
> http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm
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