Thursday, August 20, 2009

Rose Marie Hatcher

Rose Marie Hatcher, age 89, of Beckley, passed away at the Bowers Hospice House in Beckley on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009, following a long illness.

Born Sept. 2, 1919, at Pineville, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Rev. Sam Bell and Cora Sizemore Bell.

Mrs. Hatcher was a homemaker who loved to cook, quilt and do gardening. She attended the Cranberry Baptist Church at Cranberry, W.Va.

Other than her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Jerry Hatcher, in 1983; by her husband, George Hatcher, in 1994; by three sisters, Hazel Lester, Laura Lester and Ellie Blevins; by three brothers, Sam, Ray and Charley Bell; and two infant brothers also preceded her in death, Robert and Jessie Bell.

Survivors include a son, Gene Hatcher of Charleston, W.Va.; a daughter, Lois Peelish and husband, Steve, of Beckley, W.Va.; a son, Dean Hatcher of Oak Island, N.C.; a daughter, Linda Gibbins and husband, Tom, of LaGrange, Ky.; 13 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews also survive; three sisters, Gracie Bolen of Rhodell, W.Va., Ruby Garrison of Chicago, Ill., Nellie Thompson and husband, Bruce, of Corinne, W.Va.; one brother, Lawrence Bell and wife, Mary, of Doyles Town, Ohio; special friends, Troy and Charlotte Martin of Beckley, W.Va., Diana Mullins of McGraw, W.Va., the Rev. and Mrs. Roger Pauley of the Cranberry Baptist Church; and also the youth director from the church, Greg Dowdy.

Graveside rites will be conducted at the Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Mausoleum in Beckley 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 21, 2009, with Pastor Roger Pauley officiating. Burial will follow at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Bowers Hospice House, 454 Cranberry Drive, Beckley, WV 25801.

Online condolences may be sent to our guestbook at www.roseandquesenberry.net

Friends may call 9:30 until 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home in Beckley.

Arrangements by Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home in Beckley.

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Order NOW! Leonard Cohen: You’re Our Man

Book will be available September 1st. From the Public Poetry weblog:

The man has arrived, the book is coming!

75 of the world’s best poets reflect on the poetry of Leonard Cohen.

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Include “Order” in the subject line.

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All proceeds go to the Foundation for Public Poetry’s Leonard Cohen Poet-In-Residence program.

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Box 23044
5038 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, QC.
Canada. H4A 1S7

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Leonard Cohen: You’re Our Man

The Foundation for Public Poetry (Fondation Poésie Publique), in honor of Leonard Cohen's 75th birthday, has collected poetry from around the world (Leonard’s home town of Montreal and from across Canada, the U.S.A., the United Kingdom, Belgium, Australia, South Africa, Portugal, Israel, Cyprus, and France) in a book entitled "Leonard Cohen: You’re Our Man". Proceeds from the book will go to a Leonard Cohen Poet-In-Residence program at Westmount High, his old high school. Here is the Table of Contents:

ALLISON AKGUNGOR: LONGING FOR LEONARD
NICK APPLEYARD: AFTER DARK
MARGARET ATWOOD: SETTING LEONARD TO MUSIC
ELIZABETH BACHINSKY: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN…MR. LEONARD COHEN (II)
KATHARINE BEEMAN: LINEUP
FRANK ALAN BELLA: NOVUS CREDO
ROXANNA BENNETT: SO LONG LEONARD
DENIS BERTHOUD: UNTITLED
SUSAN BORGERSEN: SISTER OF NO MERCY
A. T. (ALISON)BRUNNER: FRUITION
JASON CAMLOT: UNKNOWN LEONARD COHEN
BRIAN CAMPBELL: TWO WENT TO SLEEP
J.R. CARPENTER: SNOW IS FALLING SOMEWHERE
STEVE DALACHINSKY: THE WIRED NUN
MEREDITH DARLING: LADY VAGABOND
RACHEL DELPH: GUIDED TOURS OF HELL
DESI DI NARDO: THE HOLY MAN
JOANNE FARYON: LC PART 1 & PART 2
SUSAN RUTH FITCH: MY LOVE’S ATTITUDE SOME FIND AUSTERE
MARIANNA FOKA: PARCHED WORDS
JOHN FRETZ: LEONARD COHEN’S 75TH BIRTHDAY
LAURIE FUHR: THE SHAPE OF YOUR LOVE TWISTED ME
RODGER GERBERDING: ONE OF ALL, OF MANY
MELISSA A. GODDARD: THE DREAMER
CATHERINE GRAHAM: NOW I WAS NOT IN THIS DREAM
LAURIE D. GRAHAM: REFUGE BAY, FLORIDA
MELISSA HANSEN: THE TINY HORROR
BRIAN J. HATCHER: TOMBSTONE MUSES
GILI HIRSCH: A TALE IN 20
TIFFANY HOWELL: MESSY BONES
HEATHER JESSUP: DEAR BREAVMAN
MYNA LEE JOHNSTONE: THIS AMERICAN MAN
MAARTJE KATZENBAUER : CRY FOR THE MOON
PENN KEMP: THE DREAM PERFORMANCE
MAX LAYTON: IN THE GARDEN OF I AM
KÉVIN LEHÉNAFF: SISTERS OF THE MOON
ANGELA LEUCK: GARDEN HAIKU; PILGRIMAGE; THE LATEST CRUSADE; LAMENT
ANN LLOYD: RESPONSE TO CLOSING TIME
EHAB LOTAYEF: BAGHDAD!
DIANA LOUREIRO: THIS NIGHT I WAS UNDRESSED BY THE SILENCE
JEFFREY MACKIE: RESPONSE TO COHEN
SEAN LABRADOR Y MANZANO: DEMOCRACY
GARTH MARTENS: JEALOUSY
MICHAEL MIROLLA: ALTERNATE UNIVERSES
GRACE MOORE: THE SERIOUS GOVERNANCE OF CANADA
BRIAN NOWLIN: INTELLECTUAL AND EROTIC ADVENTURES
TARN PAINTER-MACARTHUR: ST KILDA 1910
LESLEY PASQUIN: PROPHETESS
LYNN PATMALNEE: ON FIRST READING “CELEBRATION”
ROBERT PRIEST: THE LEONARD KOANS
SHAUNAGH DARLING ROBERTSON: LOOK AT ME, LEONARD
AIN ROOST: NOTES TO SELF: THE LOCATION OF JOY
CHANTEL ROSARIO: DESIRE
RYAN RUDDICK: SORRY ALL OVER
LORI RUNKLE: WHEN THIS AMERICAN MAN
JACOB SCHEIER: YOU’RE THE KIND OF WOMAN
NICOLINE SCHOR: LOVERS ON LOVERS(1)
FINN WHITE: LOVERS ON LOVERS(2)
DAVID W. SEAMAN: WAITING FOR BARBARA
RONA FELDMAN SHEFLER: PEDDLER
GORAN SIMIC: OLD MAN WAITING FOR THE LOST LETTER
SANDRA SJOLLEMA: LOST MY BODY
DAVID SOLWAY: LOVE
MARCEL SOULLIERE: UNTITLED
KAREN ELAINE SPENCER: I DREAMT LEONARD COHEN
ANI KUSMENOGLU TUNA: LIKE A MERMAID
INNA VEYTSMAN: THE FAITHLESS WIFE’S RESPONSE
MARCUS WATNEY: WE, THE GREEK
TOM WAYMAN: LEONARD COHEN DIDN’T GET ME LAID
ANN WEINSTEIN: RITES
ERIKA N. WHITE: I GO FOR NOTHING
LIEVEN WILLEMS: LEONARD’S PAGES
HAZEL WOODWARD: … SELF-INVESTIGATION WITHOUT SELF-INDULGENCE…
DONNA YATES-ADELMAN: BEFORE HE NEEDED ME
ELENI ZISIMATOS: NOT A CARE

More information on the book will available as the publication date gets nearer. Check back here for the latest.