In memory of Leonard Opalov <br /> <br />To me Latvian poets seemed quite rare, <br />But I knew one called Leonard Opalov. <br />He wrote me charming letters from The Bronx <br />before cancer made him change his address. <br /> <br />I wrote his eulogy for 'Bitterroot', <br />A magazine that honored Leonard's verse. <br />The birds of New York sing his poetry. <br />More than a few love Yiddish, I am told.<br /><br />Sandra Fowler<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/birds-of-new-york/
