[Maryann Corbett]

I saw a FB post announcing that Lewis Turco had died, and I've found an obituary. Many of you will know his Book of Forms. I'm grateful to Lew for inventing the terzanelle, a favorite form of mine.

[Roger Slater]

Oh, what a shame.

I didn't know he invented the terzanelle. He used a terzanelle of mine in the (I think) most recent edition, though it really wasn't very good. (I'm not just being modest here. I didn't care for it at all, but he saw it at the Sphere and asked for it so I couldn't bring myself to say no).

I remember him most for cranky diatribes about free verse not being poetry, etc., but somehow I liked him. May he rest in peace.

[Susan McLean]

I never met him, but I would have liked to. He did formal poetry a service with his Book of Forms. I am sorry to hear that he has died.

Susan

[Jayne Osborn]

I'm very sorry to hear this news. I bought his Book of Forms and he instantly became my hero for having written it!
I didn't know him, but I would have liked to meet him, very much so.

Jayne