tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12965938.post2582820346872532783..comments2023-09-19T09:04:55.834-04:00Comments on OlsonNow: Vincent Ferrini, 1913-2007Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12965938.post-28595352591125932042010-02-23T21:18:33.967-05:002010-02-23T21:18:33.967-05:00I met Vincent Ferrini when he came to read at the ...I met Vincent Ferrini when he came to read at the Poetry Festival at St. Clement's on West 46th Street in NYC in the early 1980s. He was a phenomenon to experience, as noted on this blog, "a living poem." I will be putting the flyer for that reading on my Scribd.com (Mary A Clark)site soon. I am sure he is reveling in the universal stream of consciousness.mceyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978391255308005609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12965938.post-17323863289196451392008-08-28T18:10:00.000-04:002008-08-28T18:10:00.000-04:00I recently discovered Ted Kooser last week in a re...I recently discovered Ted Kooser last week in a reading of his (personal) given on UCTV (Davis Campus), much to my GREAT amazement, and now I discover V. Ferrini on the OlsonNow blog, at the time of his passing from us. I will devour his poetry, as I do of all poets who have written contemporary with me and I never knew, nor happened to attend a reading, as life is so much more variable in the process of raising a family and holding down a job, etc.<BR/> I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to all who are supporting Vincent Ferrini, and especially to his daughter Sheila, renewed energy to keep on disseminating his poetry, as it is as vital and seminal as any written before him, or since.<BR/> EBartScribe<BR/> "bretthepoet"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12965938.post-91715324002008883392008-05-12T05:30:00.000-04:002008-05-12T05:30:00.000-04:00One of the most inspiring men I have met. I knew V...One of the most inspiring men I have met. I knew Vincent for over ten years and everytime we talked I came away full of hope and love. He was as importnat as the Beatles to writers and the world. He will be remembered in Gloucester and now in death he will be remembered by the rest of the world. As well known as Vincent was in death he will live forever. He will live on in me as one of the greatest I have ever met.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12965938.post-40814991068929907002008-04-05T07:02:00.000-04:002008-04-05T07:02:00.000-04:00Great to meet these special people!I saw something...Great to meet these special people!<BR/><BR/>I saw something about him on Silliman's Blog and I copied some of his poems and read them the are very good - "political" on one level but very wise and "poetic" (of course) - but he was writing before Olson - he was as much a character and a power as Olson himself as far as I can ascertain - he did several books. Some well before Olson put pen to paper or came to Gloucester.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10272507198753290435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12965938.post-42276894217253188352007-12-29T19:49:00.000-05:002007-12-29T19:49:00.000-05:00i first met Vincent on the bluffs of the northern ...i first met Vincent on the bluffs of the northern CA coast in the mid 80's. Though he is nearly double my age, i never felt the distance of the generations that lay between us. that was one of his many gifts. i only met him a couple times after that; in his glouster MA home, and then 2 yrs ago, back in NO CA. we shared words and laughs, deep conversations, poetry, and the meaning of life as precious moments, side-by-side, as stars dotting the night sky. june 24-Dec-24-07. the days seem fitting a man that lived on the edge of a knife balancing poetry, love and politics. i will miss him, but his words and the twinkle in his (blue) eyes live on in my heart. even with his passing, he has left so many wonderful things behind and inspired so many-- i can only look towards heaven/ and smile, now he has returned to the universe, i carry him with me, a jewel in my pocket/. -sj nycAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com