[Terese Coe]

Sad news. One of the most memorable poets on the Sphere, the Gazebo, and elsewhere. This is the horror of the internet, that we "know" one another but don't know one another. We know almost nothing about Maz but her work. Meeting in person has great value, and friendship far more value than that.

[Michael Cantor]

Julie - the poem you're looking for, and it is chilling, is Aftermath, which Rose has included above in her post #11. (Whoops - just realized you subsequently found it - well, that one was so good that it deserves another mention.)

[Janet Kenny]

Originally Posted by Terese Coe

Sad news. One of the most memorable poets on the Sphere, the Gazebo, and elsewhere. This is the horror of the internet, that we "know" one another but don't know one another. We know almost nothing about Maz but her work. Meeting in person has great value, and friendship far more value than that.

Terese,
I feel that Maz and I were friends. About a year ago she emailed me out of the blue asking for some bird photographs. We hadn't been in touch for a good while. I felt then that something was wrong. I sent her the photographs and she responded. I felt that she needed contact with nature for some reason. I emailed her about one month ago and was sad to receive no reply. Sometimes in poetry we achieve a greater closeness than we do in the three dimensional world.

[Quincy Lehr]

I'm terribly, terribly sorry to hear about Maz.

But, for the time being, might it make more sense to have someone centrally responsible for the various and sundry poems that people might have lying around until we know what the whole state of inheritance, etc. is? (I wound up playing that role when Ray Pospisil died.)

[Alex Pepple]

I've written Neil Prentice who broke the news to me for answers to the questions being raised about collecting Maz's work. I've even pointed him to this thread and encouraged him to register so that he can respond directly here. Hopefully, we'll get at least some answers about the collecting the work and stewardship.

Cheers,
...Alex

[Mark Blaeuer]

Sad news. I thought well of her and her work.

Here are a few more links...

My Life with a Latin Professor: http://docs.google.com/gview?a=v&q=c...%22+poet&hl=en

Afters: http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~simmers/00afters.htm

Pumpkin Pie: http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~simmers/00pump.htm

Salt: http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic...t.html?page=-1

Jerome and a Theory of Nails: http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache...=clnk&ie=UTF-8

The Poet’s Dam: http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache...=UTF-8&strip=1

[Marybeth Rua-Larsen]

Maz encouraged me at a difficult time with a difficult poem, and it meant so much to me. I know she did that for others, as well. I am saddened to hear this news. She will be missed.

[Shaun J. Russell]

I'm saddened most by the fact that she stopped posting here in the same month that I joined...so I missed out on her presence.

Nice to see so many people here revisiting her work. It's a poet's only real hope of immortality, after all.