[Susan d.S.]

I see an obituary for Dorothea Tanning (1910-2012), an artist who only started to concentrate on writing at the age of 80 (luckily, she lived to be 101!). Her first book of poems was published when she was 94. Last year, 34 of her poems were collected and published in "Coming to That" (Graywolf Press).

[Mary Meriam]

"Art has always been the raft onto which we climb to save our sanity. I don’t see a different purpose for it now." (Dorothea Tanning)

[Richard Meyer]

Thanks for mentioning this, Susan. During my teaching career, I included paintings of hers when I introduced my students to surrealism. One picture titled Birthday is a favorite. I didn't know she lived this long, and I had no idea she wrote poetry.

Richard

[Sharon Fish Mooney]

Cool--love these late-in-life poets. Here's one of her poems about birthdays

http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/poetry/blog/page_4/