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Having worked with Candice in the past, and hearing her voice her on this list I know she will be sorely missed. - Peter On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Very sad to hear this. > > I only knew her through her fine poetry, her voice here, & various e-mail > communications; as you say, she was a vibrant presence, intellectually > acute, emotionally fine tuned. I would have liked to know her better. R I P, > indeed. > > Doug > > > > On 28-Oct-10, at 12:29 PM, Randolph Healy wrote: > > I write this with tears in my eyes. >> >> Candice's cousin has just emailed me to let me know that Candice died >> suddenly this week. I don't know the circumstances. >> >> Who can forget the verve she brought to her _Snaps_ on PoetryEtc? A >> wonderful person and writer. >> >> I append one of her many magnificent poems. >> >> Randolph >> >> *The Moon Sees the One* >> >> /I see the Moon// >> /And the Moon sees me/ >> /And the Moon sees the one/ >> /I long to see// >> (children's song) >> >> /You'll find your ignorance is blissful// >> /Every goddamn time// >> (Tom Waits,"Heart Attack & Vine") >> >> >> the moon sees to night at the end >> of its rope, beached to blot >> by remote the one way back >> >> a baker's blank so white, so late >> as the face on magritte's mother >> undercover still a looker (me >> >> with my aptitude for pathos- >> of-distance learning): listen, >> duckling, it goes for the throat >> >> thrush or strep, whistle-stopped >> as the little red train makes >> tracks, makes history of us >> >> putting a saint in it and pulling >> away, while overhead the night >> gowns for cover (her face) >> >> all wet but none the wiser than >> what is /is/ left of memory: your >> darrow songs, my debs rebellion >> >> for in your father's house >> of cheats are too many >> dimensions---and the moon >> >> looks on, indifferent to >> its own mystery, to >> the children gazing back >> >> from an orphan age >> already history >> >> > Douglas Barbour > [log in to unmask] > > http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ <http://www.ualberta.ca/%7Edbarbour/> > http://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/ > > Latest books: > Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy) > http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664 > Wednesdays' > > http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.html > > There was the usual amount of corruption, intimidation, and rioting. > > Sir Charles Petrie > -- http://invisiblenotes.blogspot.com/ http://uncommonvision.blogspot.com/ http://poemsfromprovidence.blogspot.com/ http://uncommon-vision.blogspot.com/ You can find my art and writing updates on Twitter https://twitter.com/ciccariello