Very kind, Andrew, and also Doug.
A friend not on the list has emailed me thus:
I see where the details came from, and some of them (such as the
drawings on the bed sheets) are vivid and moving; but I also see a relative
absence of 'poetry', or maybe 'engagement' (am I being unfair? It's almost a
'found' poem, in a way, as it stands.
- and what he says I have to concede is so.
Back to the revisions...
Max
On 23/1/08 10:22 AM, "andrew burke" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Very moving, Max. Thanks for introducing Graham, but mostly for sharing your
> friendship. It is difficult to 'replace' old friends, isn't it. I find
> friends made way back then are the deepest and closest.
>
> Andrew
>
>
> On 23/01/2008, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> Graham Percy, 1938-2008
>>
>> I hear from London my old friend Graham,
>> seldom encountered since our student days,
>> has died leukaemia (in remission, said
>> his emails), finally unremitting.
>>
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