[New-Poetry] RIP Donald Finkel

[Anny Ballardini]

My friend's sorrow is also my sorrow,
Anny

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 4:40 PM, TheOldMole <Opus40-01 at opus40.org> wrote:

> From last years poets' tribute to Don:
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> http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/stlog/2008/04/poets_gone_wild_i_held_sarah_j.php
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> http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/stlog/2008/04/poets_gone_wild_the_sequel.php
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> jforjames at aol.com wrote:
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>> Sorry to hear about that, Tad. I didn't know him really well. But he was a
>> good poet and a great teacher. I knew a number of poets who took their MFAs
>> in Poetry at Wash U and to a one they loved working with Don Finkel. My
>> first poetry teacher, Howard Schwartz, who is quoted in the article was a
>> student of Finkel's too.
>>
>> Finnegan
>>
>>    Donald Finkel, my beloved friend and mentor, died today in St. Louis.
>>      Donald Finkel, a celebrated poet at Washington University whose
>>    topics    > included his relationship with his cats and dogs, River Des
>>    Peres and his    > trip to the South Pole, died Saturday (Nov. 15,
>> 2008) from
>>    complications of    > Alzheimer's disease at Schuetz Manor
>> assisted-living home in
>>    Creve Coeur.
>>
>>
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