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Remembering Borges

8/4/2016

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​Nikki Giovanni was like a second mother to me; we loved each other and that's no joke

I sat in awe of Mark Strand, later the Poet Laureate of the United States -- so smart, so good looking, drinking Irish Whiskey with him, because he drank it . . . sitting in his office talking about the Gnostics

when I thought about who I wanted to "be" the face that popped in my head in my late 20's was Mark -- the ultimate stud poet :)

so sad to know he died just a few years ago; he was TRULY one of a kind !!

I met Czelaw Milosz, winner of the Nobel Prize, and you could call him up anytime you wanted because his phone number was in the Berkeley phone book . . I have met other writers over the years, too

but the one who made an impression unlike any other -- and I only saw him speak the one time and was unable to get near enough to talk with him

was the late master Jorge Luis Borges, who gave a reading at Ohio State back in the early 80's, shortly before he died

. . . this was a man with "an aura", like a God

so kind, so humble . . . yet touched by Heaven -- really sort of an amazing experience, thinking back on it 30 plus years ago

Sanaya Roman was also this type of "experience for me" -- because she was also truly unique; a gift when I needed her

but Nikki and Mark were super important to me, in ways that are very unique, as well . . . I would have to say that these two made the greatest impression on me of anyone I've ever met -- and I have met a LOT of unique amazing people over the years !!

Nikki because I loved her for who she was and what she shared with me

I felt special knowing this magical famous woman saw me as magical and special, too

and Mark Strand -- what can I say; you had to have seen him in action when he was in his late 40's, so smart, movie star good looking, truly a dude who had it "goin' on"

but Mr. Borges; he was special in a way hard to describe

there are "auras" and there are GIANT AURAS; he was (and will probably always be) a GIANT :)

‪#‎wordsmatter‬
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‪#‎MarkStrandRIP‬
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