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FRANK LIMA Obituary

LIMA--Frank, poet, beloved husband and father, passed away on Monday, October 21st, at his home in Lido Beach. He is survived by his wife, Helen and children, Christophe and Matthew. You have reached the coast, Frank. We will miss you.

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Published by New York Times on Oct. 23, 2013.

Memories and Condolences
for FRANK LIMA

17 Entries

Kathleen McGraw

October 17, 2019

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

Kathleen McGraw

October 9, 2014

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

Shanice Valentine

April 28, 2014

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

Anna Marie Lobasso

April 8, 2014

Chef Frank Lima was a wonderful friend, teacher and poet. He will be missed, but his memory will live on through his poems and the way he touched peoples lives. I will miss you much. Love ALWAYS Anna Marie Lobasso

Helen Lima

November 18, 2013

May God keep you in peace in Heaven until I join you. I miss you so much.

Lauretta Vasquez Risk

November 16, 2013

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

Howard Algeo

November 15, 2013

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.

Brenda and Roberto Cardenas and Harrison

November 11, 2013

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 are to have encountered his vision. We are only sorry we didn't get to see him again, but we did raise a glass to him this past Día de los muertos. Our condolences to Helen and the rest of Frank's family.

David Shapiro

November 11, 2013

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 up our friendship in 1962, and it never died. How lucky I was to have known him. Like a boxer who understood the absolute demands of the ring, and he was funny, humorous as a king.

Helen Lima

November 6, 2013

Words can not express how much I miss you, my beloved husband. I long for the moment that I can join you for all eternity.

Helen Lima

November 6, 2013

He was my beloved husband and soulmate and I miss him dearly, more than any words can express.

Gerry

November 5, 2013

I never had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Lima, but his poetry moved me immensely. My sympathies to his family and friends.

Lauretta Vasquez Risk

November 3, 2013

To Mr. Frank Lima's family and friends:
"DO NOT LET YOUR HEARTS BE TROUBLED..."
- JOHN 14:1-4 -Lauretta Vasquez Risk

John Rezmerski

October 30, 2013

Our mutual friend Phil Bryant brought Frank and Helen to Minnesota, and five minutes after entering our house, Frank opened a bag where he had stashed some demi-glace and started preparing a heavenly carbonnade. We talked well into the night, and he gave me about a week's worth of education in cooking and poetry in two days. He was also very generous with his advice about my writing, and I was a thorough admirer of the energy and gutsiness of his work. Thank you, Frank, for improving our world with your words and works, and thank you, Helen, for giving him so much of your life. And thank you, Phil, for being our go-between. I know how much his friendship has meant to you. I have missed him, and now I will miss him grievously.

Andrew Levy

October 30, 2013

I was moved many times by Frank Lima's poetry. I regret very much that I missed meeting him. "We go through ourselves / and having stopped point out the urn and the doves / engraved in the chosen air." - Jose Lezama Lima. With condolences to loved ones, Andrew

Frank gracing the Woodland Pattern folks with a lovely meal.

Chuck Stebelton

October 29, 2013

We are so sorry to hear of Frank's passing. We so enjoyed Frank and Helen's sweet company during their Milwaukee visit. In loving memory of a wonderful poet and a sweet man, Cathy and Chuck

Eddie Johnson and Bob Corless 1961

Tim Keane

October 24, 2013

"Be in advance of all parting, as though it were/behind you like the winter that is just going". Condolences to Frank's family and a deep embrace from me and on behalf of Frank's old friends Eddie Johnson and Bob Corless.
Peace, Tim Keane

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