Teased about being an aesthete in the guise of an engineer, he might nod cryptically and, later that day, send a poem he wrote, several years ago, in French, a rueful personal testament called, simply, "L'Esthète".
After one death, he sent a poem about his victim, Shirley Vian, to The Eagle.
In 1980 Mr. Lynch sent a poem over the transom to Poetry magazine.
Lunchtime Poetry: Lunchtime Poetry goes by the tagline "Eat a poem with your lunch" and sends a poem directly to your inbox during your lunch hour.
The poet Marilyn Hacker, he said, sent a poem that included these lines: The world is howling, bleeding and dying in banner headlines.
From a writer of musicals, who sent a poem celebrating Richard's contribution to her career: "He was one of the most fully realized people I've ever met.
While users generally police themselves, Mr. Crandall occasionally reminds people not to send messages that stray outside the boundaries of the service, like the rider a few months ago who sent a poem on the beauty of the New York skyline.
Adrienne Rich, for example, sent a poem entitled "The School Among the Ruins," which Mr. Hamill said included these lines: Teaching the first lesson and the last -- great falling light of summer will you last longer than school time?
Petra, who lives in a small town in Wales, tells us about sending a poem to David, and taking more time choosing the right color note paper than writing the actual poem: "I settled on yellow, because it seemed more mature than pink.
His knowledge of it bookends the pictures in "Nothing Personal"; the fierceness of his distinctly black and queer moral vision listens to the pictures, lights on them, and then sends a poem out to the world based on what he has seen, what he and Avedon discussed.
In December 1944, a teacher called Monsieur Godard - it was after the Liberation so he could use his real name - sent a poem of thanksgiving to the BBC, written by his daughter.
