Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
POGONYIMIKLOS FRANCIS
Of Philadelphia, passed away peacefully, on Friday, March 24, 2017, at Rittenhouse Hospice. He was 71 years old. Miklos was born in Budapest, Hungary and came to the United States with his family in 1956. He had been a longtime resident of Philadelphia and...Read MoreFarewell, My Friend
Miklos Pogonyi (1946-2017)
The stony words said,
Were quiet.
Though only air
They loom,
Heavy and dark,
To darken more
The shadowed room.
Well then, well drink.
The golden liquid foams
Then slowly sinks,
As nothing gold can stay.
He looks up,
Wry, as always,
But with nothing
More to say.
Finally, a farewell:
My good friend,
My dear good friend,
How...
Mark Lehman
April 20, 2019 | Cincinnati, OH
I met Miklos Pogonyi through our shared devotion to collecting recordings of 20th Century music, especially performances taken from broadcasts. I fondly recall a delightful trip we made together it must be fifteen or twenty years ago, with our friends Scott Brown and Frank Salem, to Bloomington, Indiana, to search for obscure records at Dave Canfield's Ars Antiqua warehouse. And there were many other trips he made to Cincinnati to visit his friends here and explore the city.
Though his...
May 22, 2018
Remembered By
Mark Lehman
May 19, 2018 | Cincinnati, OH
