Sorry to hear that, Anny, though it was not
unexpected. We'll miss him.
Hal
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On Oct 22, 2007, at 2:42 PM, Anny Ballardini wrote:
> Dear Poetryetcers,
>
> I postponed until now to send you this message. I just did not know
> when to
> do it or how to do it. I don't even know why I am doing it now.
> Hildur Kristjánsdóttir, in reply to a mail of mine, sent me the
> following
> words (I am excerpting):
>
>
> Árni Ibsen my husband died on the 21st of August. Towards the end
> he was
> completely paralyzed and had no strength at all. Mind you he wrote
> (I wrote
> them down) poems. The last two the day before he died. He had a
> book of
> poems published in June. Poems about his travels and places where
> he had
> been His mind was always 100% OK.
>
>
> On this list we have loved Arni. He was our great friend from Iceland.
> I am just so very sorry,
>
> Anny Ballardini
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