Constantine Pantazonis

A man of letters. A radical of the highest order. A partisan in the fight against injustice and a poet extraordinaire. Our lives took a different turn but you will always be remembered as a friend.

In our 1971 Patterson yearbook, Dino wrote... "Let us meet one another at the Eiffel Tower June 14th, 1982 Eastern Standard time. O.K.?" I wish we had.

Thirty-some years later I found you on Facebook. I looked up Dino Pantazonis and only found Constantine.I took a chance and sent a message. It was YOU! I saved our messages. This is one that meant a lot.




Constantine Pantazonis to Cindy Burns
March 25, 2009

you know, i think...

Dean - there is a hole now. You're with me still, yet not in some clichéd sense, in my bones. From a distance you make me laugh as when we were boys. Nothing's changed but we are altered. A brother, an echo ...

You will be missed, Constantine. Your words will live on.

dear poet sometimes known as mr., your words made the banal into something sophisticated, the sad into cool blues. will miss you - judih

we have written many poems together, on behalf, and against. this message is one of remorse and all possible love to those who will miss our friend, on behalf of Bromanoph (Arcanum Cafe):

Dear Constantine:

I miss you already.

If the wind is not blowing in your honour
and this is not a poem, call me a liar.

No words can replace yours.

Still,
I hear your voice,
dear friend.


Still,
I recite your words.

..Constantine's unique, memorable style will live on as he lives on within the hearts of they who experienced his magic even in brief encounters, on the internet--he and I had exchanged 'friendship' requests in Arcanum Cafe and I am happy to say we both accepted..a true, great
poet is Constantine..always in the present
tense for me..my condolences..>>spiros