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09-08-2009, 10:06 AM
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Maz was a great lover of birds of prey, and she wrote astonishingly well about them, as she did on so many other subjects. The Bateleur is a terrific poem.
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09-08-2009, 01:02 PM
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Hello all
I was published by Maz in her fine zine, (poetry)WORM, on a number of occasions. As has been mentioned, she resided in Poole, Dorset, on the south coast of England, near Bournemouth, where my late uncle Douglas Matchett also lived. Maz and I spoke by email of meeting sometime and of course now I regret that we never did so. My last visit to Poole was in May 2007 for the funeral of my uncle. Sad to know that Maz has also now passed. May she rest in piece. I know there are innumerable other poets besides myself whom Maz touched and who will be grateful for her work as an editor and poet and for her kind heart.
David, I see the same funeral home, Tapper, took care of Maz's funeral, as they did my uncle's funeral two years ago. I am sorry to hear she died alone. What a sad way to leave this world.
If anyone does not know Maz and her work, go to
http://www.poetrykit.org/pkl/featurpoet/grasshop.htm
-- Jim Bennett wrote, "M A Griffiths is probably better known to [Poetry Kit] list members as Grasshopper and it is this persona that has developed a unique style and voice. Grasshopper tells me that poems should stand on their own feet without preamble and explanation. The poems in this set clearly do that."
Best regards
Chris
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09-08-2009, 01:06 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Janet Kenny
Maz was one of several editors of The Worm.
I never sent her poems because The Worm seemed so like an email but is that a good place to start? Who else was a contact?
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Hi Janet
I think more correctly the (poetry)Worm was a zine, or an emailed magazine. Since Maz had a number of co-editors in recent years, including as I recall the talented David Anthony from this list, I should hope it will continue. David, any word on that?
Chris
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09-08-2009, 01:33 PM
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Worm was Maz's baby, Chris, and unfortunately I think it died with her.
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09-08-2009, 01:34 PM
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Chris, Maz recruited a couple of guest editors - different ones - for every issue. Worm was her baby, though. It wouldn't really be the same without her, would it?
The domain is registered to some domain service: http://www.whois.net/whois/poetryworm.com
Boy, was she a private person! Luckily the site seems to be all static HTML pages and very few images, so I'll go ahead and make a backup copy with "Save As".
p.s. I nominate Janet to write something to be sent to that newspaper Gregory mentioned. Janet, I'm sorry, but you're really good at that kind of thing. Even that offhand comment you made about "a significant poet living in their midst" was eloquent.
Last edited by Rose Kelleher; 09-08-2009 at 01:56 PM.
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09-08-2009, 01:53 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by David Anthony
Worm was Maz's baby, Chris, and unfortunately I think it died with her.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rose Kelleher
Chris, Maz recruited a couple of guest editors - different ones - for every issue. Worm was her baby, though. It wouldn't really be the same without her, would it?
The domain is registered to some domain service: http://www.whois.net/whois/poetryworm.com
Boy, was she a private person! Luckily the site seems to be all static HTML pages and very few images, so I'll go ahead and make a backup copy with "Save As".
p.s. I nominate Janet to write something to be sent to that newspaper Gregory mentioned. Janet, I'm sorry, but you're really good at that kind of thing. Even that offhand comment you made about "a significant poet living in their midst" was eloquent. |
Thanks, David and Rose.
Chris
Last edited by ChrisGeorge; 09-08-2009 at 01:59 PM.
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09-08-2009, 01:58 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rose Kelleher
p.s. I nominate Janet to write something to be sent to that newspaper Gregory mentioned. Janet, I'm sorry, but you're really good at that kind of thing. Even that offhand comment you made about "a significant poet living in their midst" was eloquent.
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--I second Rose's nomination.
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09-08-2009, 01:58 PM
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Chris, fyi, I pasted the wrong link into my post. It's fixed now.
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09-08-2009, 01:59 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rose Kelleher
Chris, fyi, I pasted the wrong link into my post. It's fixed now.
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Fixed in my post too. Thanks. 
Chris
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09-08-2009, 02:20 PM
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All,
I just heard of Maz's passing. She was one of the reasons why I came to Eratosphere in the first place. She was fluid textbook for me to re-read and internalize. Her comments were strong, but always fair and always insightful.
I will keep my fingers crossed that a collection is posthumously released. Thank you for sharing the sorrowful news.
Namaste,
~Tim
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