every day in 2016, write a sentence or a paragraph or a poem that inspires or appreciates
Gedda Ilves
My goodness! She's more alive at 93 than some of us are at 73! Her latest book - she has published four - has won awards in Paris and London. When she turned 90, we celebrated her birthday at Beyond Baroque. Her parents escaped from Russia, so she was born in China, and lived there through World War II. She lived in Brasil a while and came to Los Angeles in the fifties. She made herself part of Los Angeles' poetry world in 2000. She attends readings she can drive to and from safely. She is warm and generous and kind and thoughtful, and writes damned fine poems! Thank you, Gedda, for gracing us!
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