Leanne

[billy]

Leanne will be missed by many who never knew her as her absence lessens this site. One of the sharpest minds I have run across; she had great poetic integrity (certainly a rarity).

Goodbye Leanne my friend and fellow poet. Continue to shine bright wherever you are.
You cannot be replaced and there will always be an emptiness where your presence once was.

dale

Hi, Dale,

It was so sad. She had been so chirpy, and seemed to be better, despite having half her insides having been extracted. As you say, she had such a sharp mind -- and because of that, was always looking at things in different ways, and providing fresh, original insights on whatever. That, wrapped up in a quirky wit, and kindness made her unique.  

It is great that this is kept here, but I still think she deserves some posthumous recognition -- you know, 'Selected Works' type of thing. 


Hope you doing OK

Ed

Hi Ed, if I could do the selected ork thing I would. She was a prolific writer of good, sometimes great poetry. As for teaching, the number of times she reamed me out was astronomical
I could never work out how she wasn't in the public eye for her work a lot more than she was. I do know she was very active in educating kids the education system disregarded. When she first tol me what she had I cried. She on the other hand was upbeat.