Adam, I am surprised, appalled even, at your comments on Donaghy. Four present or former moderators here, Gwynn, Murphy, Lake, and Evans-Bush, have published elegies for our esteemed friend, whose death is not recent, having occured 63 months ago. The fall of 2004 was an awful time for poetry, as Thom Gunn, Tony Hecht, Don Justice, Virginia Hamilton Adair, and Fred Morgan all died. The worst loss, though, was Mikey's because unlike the aforementioned, he did not die in the ripeness of his years but long before his time. I find nothing difficult or show-offish about Michael's work. Did you ever see him perform? It was amazing, all from memory, with impeccable timing and delivery.
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