Sequim, Washington
Dec 27, 1950 – Oct 28, 2019 (Age 68)
Sally Albiso passed away at home October 28, after a more than 14 month battle with pancreatic cancer. Her husband of nearly 31 years at her side.She was born on December 27, 1950, at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Hospital in Kittery, Maine. Her parents were William Stein and Eva Stein. She was...
Read Morepoem Honoring Sally Albiso
by friend Ruth Marcus
MY POET FRIEND
when a friend’s smile splays
across the morning sky—
an invitation to play, rearrange
an attitude, and I ask why
why did you leave so soon—
and a cloud drifts by
over the setting blue moon before
I can wipe tears from my eyes
you left too soon, surely
more tea would have
held you, spooned you
in the arms of that morning...
Ruth Marcus
October 26, 2020 | Sequim | Friend
Sally was an artist of language that a true artist composes from words. Her voice lives in her generous, wise, and moving poems that witness the vagaries of this difficult, sorrowful, and joyous world. Be with the first light we feel at dawn before we see it, dear friend. I am honored to have known you.
Carmen Germain
November 01, 2019 | Port Angeles, WA
My condolences to Sally's husband, family and friends. I will remember Sally for her love of writing and reading poetry, and the pleasure she enjoyed knowing her work was published. Bless her heart.
Ruth Marcus
November 01, 2019 | Sequim, WA
