Postcard poet Richard Osler died last night. Huge thanks to all postcard poets who wrote & sent a postcard poem to this fine human and poet. He accepted death like no one I have ever known. A book, his last love letter to life entitled What Holiness Will I Bring, will be released soon. It has many poems in it that started as postcard poems.
A PPF Fall Letter from Ina
From PPF committee member Ina Roy-Faderman: At the start of every autumn, I process my summer’s poetry postcard...
I was with Richard the morning of the day he died and when I read my poem to him he raised his arms and blew me a kiss, still able to hear despite his advanced condition. We launched his book on Wednesday evening at Honeymoon Bay and he spoke to us and was completely lucid. It was as if his last task was completed.