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lesser_celery ([personal profile] lesser_celery) wrote2010-04-18 02:12 pm

Karen R. Porter

I learned earlier this week that Karen R. Porter had passed away at age 50 after a long illness. She was one of the most frequent contributors to Not One of Us, but I will miss her even more for being a good person and always a welcome correspondent.

Here is a list of her 34 poems that appeared in Not One of Us publications between 1997 and 2010.

The Return – Not One of Us #17 (1997)
Love – Shaking the Tree (1997)
Wastrel Lords – Not One of Us #19 (1998)
Divinity – Not One of Us #20 (1998)
Permanent Stains – Not One of Us #21 (1999)
Pretty Boy – Not One of Us #22 (1999)
Monsters – Not One of Us #22 (1999)
Pariah – Not One of Us #23 (2000)
Choices – Not One of Us #23 (2000)
Feeding the Garden – Above and Below (2000)
Background Note – Not One of Us #24 (2000)
Cussbelly – Not One of Us #24 (2000)
January on the Interstate – Not One of Us #25 (2001)
After I Threw Lou Out – Not One of Us #26 (2001)
Reflection – Not One of Us #27 (2002)
Photograph – Not One of Us #27 (2002)
The Noise of Words – Not One of Us #28 (2002)
Ass-Backwards – Not One of Us #28 (2002)
Loop – Bound to Be Free (2003)
His Dead Son – Not One of Us #29 (2003)
She – Not One of Us #30 (2003)
Security – Not One of Us #31 (2004)
Crucifixation – Not One of Us #31 (2004)
Unseen – Not One of Us #32 (2004)
Dirty, Funky Muse – Not One of Us #32 (2004)
a day before joe’s place collapses – Clarity (2005)
Less Than Nothing – Not One of Us #33 (2005)
Gods with Big Heads – Not One of Us #34 (2005)
The Taking Lady – Not One of Us #35 (2006)
The Visitor – Not One of Us #36 (2006)
Sticks – Not One of Us #37 (2007)
Fear of Angels – Not One of Us #38 (2007)
The Eyes However – Not One of Us #40 (2008)
Cent – Not One of Us #43 (2010)

Of course, she was published in a lot of other magazines, too. Someone should do a collection.

[identity profile] lonesome-crow.livejournal.com 2010-04-18 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, my, so young. How very sad. My condolences to her family.

[identity profile] asakiyume.livejournal.com 2010-04-18 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Very sorry for your loss, John.

[identity profile] cucumberseed.livejournal.com 2010-04-18 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I am sorry.