I’ve finished C-E, with 98 poems scanned and ocr’d. My process is getting quicker, although Robbie’s thought of a way to scan/ocr in one step, which should make things go even more quickly.
Childhood Song (April 7, 1975) is one of my favorites. It was featured in Poetry and the Children at least once and I think I may have read it at one of the Poetry Days. It was one of the last poems he wrote.
We’ve scanned in all of the “A” and “B” poems in the main file bin and have started the “Cs.” Some of these poems I have never read while others I’ve seen and cherished. Here’s one I kind of recall but don’t know (or can’t quite remember) the background.
Robert Anthony Pawlikowski (1939-1975) was an American poet and artist residing in upstate New York with his wife and daughters at the time of his death. He left behind an amazing legacy of over 300 poems (many unpublished) and other writings.
My mother, Mary Ann Pawlikowski (1929-2018), had catalogued and organized Dad’s writings several times after his passing, but she was never up for the daunting and emotional task of publishing.
As the heirs to my parents’ estate, my sisters and I have decided to share and publish our father’s work. All proceeds will help to create and support the Robert and Mary Ann Pawlikowski Poetry Foundation, a soon-to-be nonprofit organization providing scholarships for study of the creative arts.
