FRANK LIMA

May we continue to find peace and inspiration from the Radiance where Frank dwells. He is still holding his poets lamp.

My gratitude to Frank for for opening a window to Emily Dickinson when I was young and confused.

It saddens me to find out that one of my inspirations has passed on. In 2001 I was one of his students at the New York restaurant school. Chef frank Lima was truly the best chef I ever met. He will be truly missed Rest in peace Chef Frank Lima

I am thankful that Mr. David Shapiro was able to give proper homage to Mr. Lima and his poetry. Thank God for his insights. I again extend condolences to Helen Lima and encourage Helen to enjoy her life here, too. God bless... - LVR

Frank was and is a real inspiration to me. I picked up his book "Angel" from a discount table in Philadelphia book store in 1981. It changed the way I thought about words and writing. Most of all, Frank's poetry was entertaining: deep, fun and funny. Rest in peace, Frank. My prayers, love and gratitude to his family.

I'm so incredibly grateful that I was able to help bring Frank to Woodland Pattern and the Milwaukee Public Library back in 2011 to read his poetry and to speak about his vocations as both chef and poet. How warm his and Helen's company that weekend, how luminous his poems and the stories he told us, how delicious his chicken cacciatore. Both my husband Roberto and I have read Frank's Selected Poems over and over again; it's one of those books we'll always go back to. We know how fortunate we...

Frank Lima was a very great man with an amazing American story. He leaped from enormous difficulties into an empyrean of constantly evolving poetics. In the last few years of his life, he would call me with a new poem a day. He astonished me with the growth of his art. His poems are realistic prayers. While he was filled with satire, shocking and precise, his main stories were about his love for his children, his wife, his students, and the curious changes of the body itself. We started...