In Memory

David Starnes, our beloved poet, colleague, teacher and friend at Georgia Southern University, passed away at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 13, 2007. The Department of Writing & Linguistics invites you to contribute any memories, thoughts, joys, sadnesses, poems to this site. Just click "add comment" to any of the published entries. They will appear as a comment, and I also will add them to the main page. We will post here news about other memorials as they are planned. We have set up a small memorial outside his office on the second floor of Newton Building where you may visit his poetry collage and leave a comment in person.

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

From Amanda Gilbert...

Amanda Gilbert said...
How do you express your grief for a man you knew so little about? even though i only knew little about dr. starnes i still love him. Kayvon and I would meet him before one his classes and drink coffee and kayvon would share his writings with him. Starnes would always make time to ask me about my life and my day which let me know how genuine of a person he was. I would always hear wonderful stories about him from kayvon and i always enjoyed hearing those stories.
I wanted to write on this thing since i heard of his tragic death on monday but i couldnt bring myself to. My thought are jumbled, im not exactly sure how i feel. All i know is i miss him, a lot. I havent stopped thinking about this man for days, as im sure a lot of people are in the same boat as i.

how do you deal with a death like this? its not fair and it makes me angry.
David Starnes was a sweet, thoughtful, and very handsome man. there arent enough adjectives in the world to describe him.

It goes without saying....
We will be missing you.



Posted by Amanda Gilbert to Words for David Starnes at May 16, 2007 6:17 AM
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