this month marks the first year since poet-artist-comedian frank kelso wolfe passed away. he served as one of the greatest inspirations for this poetry project, and the first volume of poetry is dedicated to him.
a first annual memorial event hosted in his honor happened at steel city coffeehouse in phoenixville on thursday, october 8, 2015, a day after the exact anniversary of us losing him, at least in bodily form.
please check out his tribute website at www.frankkelsowolfe.com. a few friends are encouraging people to test out their own versions of his art to be uploaded to share and also keep the site constantly evolving, which he would have absolutely loved. test out his art for yourself, if you like. it would warm his energy of spirit so much, any time a paintbrush moves across a canvas or a piece of paper, in honoring and remembering him.
and below some samples of his art is a poem by him.
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this guy
by frank kelso wolfe
written 10 august 2014
if i knew a guy named frank
and it was 3:39 in the morning
and i knew he was sitting tall
at the foot of his unkempt bed
in the high backed leather swivel chair
seeing his own reflection
in the black bay windows and elegant clay
(a distinctly different perspective
just four feet from where he used to lay
twisted in the joyful pain of being alive)
if i knew this guy,
that he has trouble walking
but can fly 'round the sparkling globe
soaring above cities and seas
clawing at constellations, gorging on galaxies
seeing everyone everywhere forever
without ever leaving his room
if i knew he had chosen clay and pen and paint
over a future and the ways of many or most
if i knew as intensely as he the urgency of life
and the ecstasy and absurdity and aspirations
of a gifted dreamer
who creates smiling faces and comforting words
pleasing shapes he knows will last longer
than the dying tribes of earth
and never have to leave
if i knew him and his silent tears
i'd say how proud i am of him
and how much i love him
and help him to bed
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