Thomas Leslie Page

I knew Tom quite well. I was his assistant at the Latin American Data Bank (University of Florida), his creation and baby. In 1972-3, he took me in, a starving Ph.D. student, in his home. An extremely talented poet, he was an all-American in the very best sense of the word. My love to Leslie and family. You had the very best of destines to have Tom and husband and father. A true mentor in everything he said and every one he touched.

I don´t know the who, what, where or why I should receive today an email of Tom Page´s obituary a decade after he died, but I am glad for the cosmos allowing me to think of Tom whom I lost contact in the Nineties before the advent of the Internet. I´ve missed his after-midnight calls that would last an hour or two. Usually, two. Tom and I were both MFA candidates at Wichita State and we were unlike our other fellow candidates since we were older and built lives outside of academia. What we...

Tom was a friend of mine for a long time. He would call or come by to discuss the world and its many problems. We first met at the organizational meeting for a camp of the Sons of Union Veterans of the US Civil War. I believe he kept up his membership until the end. He was proud of his ancestors. My life was richer for having met Tom.

I didn't know Tom very well, but he was a nice and decent person, willing to help others. Rest in Peace Tom.

Learning of his death, I reread Tom's ERA VET chapbook he sent me years ago. It was good to hear his voice again. He always had a strong Midwest Plains voice, non-sentimental voice that embraced his Kansas roots and addressed issues straight forwardly without compromise. His concern for working people and the oppressed was more built on compassion rather than ideology. I will miss most his friendship.

Learning of his death, I reread Tom's ERA VET chapbook he sent me years ago. It was good to hear his voice again. He always had a strong Midwest Plains voice, non-sentimental voice that embraced his Kansas roots and addressed issues straight forwardly without compromise. His concern for working people and the oppressed was built on compassion rather than any one ideology. I will miss most his friendship.

What a good and great man Tom Page was. His influence will last forever, through his family and those of us who knew him. He introduced me to the peace movement here and was one of the best poets I've even known. Pat and I will miss him.