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laststeamtrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-19-08 02:43 PM
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Aime Cesaire died.
He once said "poetry is the dream of miraculous weapons".

If he'd never said anything else he still would have said enough.

Bow. A great man has passed.


http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/17/europe/EU-GEN-France-Obit-Cesaire.php



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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-19-08 02:58 PM
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1. Cezaire and Fanon
are heroes in these Caribbean islands. Rest in peace oh great one and thanks for helping to shape my world view.
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Olney Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-19-08 03:39 PM
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2. Thank you for telling us. My condolences to his family and friends.
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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-19-08 04:11 PM
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3. Thanks for posting.
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arundhatiroyfan Donating Member (174 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-19-08 04:11 PM
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4. R.i.p. n/t
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CADEMOCRAT7 Donating Member (557 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-19-08 04:33 PM
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5. Thank you for this post
What an inspiration.
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laststeamtrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-20-08 01:54 PM
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6. Here's the Times obit. Some good & charming photos.
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