Re: Sorry for the bad news (Constantine)
Posted: June 22nd, 2014, 9:22 am
Doreen,
Thank you so much for sending out the message about Dino's passing. I hadn't talked to Dino in 6 months, been so busy. The last time I saw Dino in person was when we read poetry together at the Ivy Bookstore in Baltimore last year. I drove him home after the reading and now I am so grateful to have done that for him.
In the world of poetry I have three mentors: Judih Weinstein Haggai who taught me the use of words and how to make them come alive. David Eberhardt, David taught me how to make my words count and give them a punch. Constantine Pantazonis, Dino influenced the style and presentation of my words. Our styles are very similar, another great poet who has a similar style of words to Dino and I is my dear friend Tina Culp Barton.
Dino also like me in my Images with Words series, loved to take an image and develop a poetic story around it. He was masterful, original and clever in the way he did it,
Like many of us, I met Mr. Poet at the forum Poetry in Baltimore years ago. LOL! I actually thought he started the forum until later I realized it was Julie Fisher. I think that is where I met you Doreen, I know Wireman, not sure about Judih but she was the one who told me about Studio 8. I spent a lot of time with Wireman and Judih at her group Thistles and Marigolds on Tribe. At PIB Dino and I instantly bonded and we talked on a regular basis about poetry and life all the way through his time in Ohio going to college and finally returning back to Baltimore. He knew how proud I was of him when he graduated from college and what a fine example he was to all.
Dino knew what he meant to me, how he had influenced my writing style, we were truly comrades’ in life. My only regret is when I last saw him, I told him we were going to get a portfolio of his poetry up on my site The Hamilton Gallery ~ Online.com. He was so excited about doing that, but life got in the way for the both of us and that never happened.
I have lost so many friends over the last few years and it hurts to lose another one in Dino, Mr. Poet. I am glad I got to know him well and I have all those memories to cherish forever. As a published author with a very unique style, you will always see the influence of Constantine Pantazonis thriving in my words. RIP Comrade !
Thank you so much for sending out the message about Dino's passing. I hadn't talked to Dino in 6 months, been so busy. The last time I saw Dino in person was when we read poetry together at the Ivy Bookstore in Baltimore last year. I drove him home after the reading and now I am so grateful to have done that for him.
In the world of poetry I have three mentors: Judih Weinstein Haggai who taught me the use of words and how to make them come alive. David Eberhardt, David taught me how to make my words count and give them a punch. Constantine Pantazonis, Dino influenced the style and presentation of my words. Our styles are very similar, another great poet who has a similar style of words to Dino and I is my dear friend Tina Culp Barton.
Dino also like me in my Images with Words series, loved to take an image and develop a poetic story around it. He was masterful, original and clever in the way he did it,
Like many of us, I met Mr. Poet at the forum Poetry in Baltimore years ago. LOL! I actually thought he started the forum until later I realized it was Julie Fisher. I think that is where I met you Doreen, I know Wireman, not sure about Judih but she was the one who told me about Studio 8. I spent a lot of time with Wireman and Judih at her group Thistles and Marigolds on Tribe. At PIB Dino and I instantly bonded and we talked on a regular basis about poetry and life all the way through his time in Ohio going to college and finally returning back to Baltimore. He knew how proud I was of him when he graduated from college and what a fine example he was to all.
Dino knew what he meant to me, how he had influenced my writing style, we were truly comrades’ in life. My only regret is when I last saw him, I told him we were going to get a portfolio of his poetry up on my site The Hamilton Gallery ~ Online.com. He was so excited about doing that, but life got in the way for the both of us and that never happened.
I have lost so many friends over the last few years and it hurts to lose another one in Dino, Mr. Poet. I am glad I got to know him well and I have all those memories to cherish forever. As a published author with a very unique style, you will always see the influence of Constantine Pantazonis thriving in my words. RIP Comrade !
.....nah I don't want the headache.....
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