It is with deep sadness that I have to announce the passing of poet F.A. Nettelbeck. Fred passed away on January 20th, 2011 in Bend, Oregon. He was 60 years old.
For now, John and I have got no words. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.
“Throw down a few
against the darkness
brother”
from Kevin Opstedal’s remembrance poem.
[UPDATE] Obituary by Stephen Kessler.
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Thank you. Thank you for doing Nettelbeck’s last book. He sent me a copy a few weeks ago, the 26th of December, 4 days before he posted his last poem on the blog. I did ‘Someone Who Loved You’ and visited his rancho twice. I’ll miss the man greatly. Appreciate what you guys did for him, for poetry.
Comment by chris 01.22.11 @ 8:59 pmamazing work that Four Minutes to Midnight did to collect & present Nettelbeck’s work, given your efforts this artist will be fairly remembered.
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