I and we have lost a friend, brother, contributor and poet.It is with a heavy heart that we embed this page. Seymour is embedded in my heart. We published his first poems in 2011 and have rejoiced when they came.
We will not publish for one week in honor of our friend.
The last poem he sent to me was written in 2012
I have been doing this for a long time in internet time, since 1997. I have always published poems as they came in rather than have issues. When they don’t come in I write poems myself. I am the earliest example of how very close to people you can become on this thing.
You can love people
you’ve never seen,
or have seen once
on this thing.
Love them as surely as the sun
if that is sure
I have heard of this place
they call heaven.
If this man is not there
I respectfully
decline the invitation
Seymour, my friend,
they are saying your 93 years was a long life.
For me it was three years
that I knew you
and that’s just not enough
and, to me,
you died so young.
david michael jackson