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.

Monday, May 14, 2007

From Thomas Klein

Thomas Klein said...

I am shocked, stunned and very sad. I was on I-16 yesterday when this happened. I was driving to Savannah when I saw the police cruisers and the ambulance zipping by in the opposite lanes, and I took a detour to avoid the traffic jam when I came back to Statesboro. Little did I know that this was David Starnes that had the accident.

I loved David Starnes. He was gentle and kind and always seemed cool and relaxed. His voice was a pleasure to hear every time. He was a great jazz fan like me and we sometimes talked for hours about the music. He truly lived life in the key of blue (the musical notes, not the sadness). I will miss him so much.

May 14, 2007 2:21 PM
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Anonymous said...

Well said.

November 10, 2008 at 6:02 PM

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