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Ginny Roos took her life at a very young age; she was probably in her 30ties. Ginny was married and attended First Presbyterian Church with me in University City hills. (Submitted by Mary Weber) |
Virginia "Ginny" Roos |
Carl Dennis, our most honored and esteemed classmate with the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, wrote this poem which incredibly was in the only issue of the magazine 'Poetry" I ever picked up. When I read it I knew exactly whom he was writing about, namely Virginia Roos. We emailed back several times discussing the impact on her suicide had on him and that of Steve Schneider had on me. (Submitted by Stan Roodman) 'The Next Life' by Carl Dennis POETRY, March 2003 |
The Next Life If a few more lives are allowed me, I'd like to give at least one to moving you From the category of girl whose company I enjoyed More than the company of others in high school To the category of heart's companion. |
Then I'll be the first person you turn to When a wave of gloom breaks over you Like the one that proved too heavy for you to bear. A gloom I have to suppose on my own Since only the bare facts reached me, thirdhand, From a classmate's sister, and almost a year After you took your life, and you just thirty, Married, teaching in high school Just as you'd planned on doing long before. |