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Feb 05, 2010 Letters
Dear Editor,
Last August was the last time I saw her. I went to drop off some old photographs of Martin I had found in my files.
That warm, generous smile was very present as I left the photos.
Martin and Phyllis Carter as the SN report states were together for over 50 years.
In the 1980s and ‘90s I would often walk past the famous Lamaha home and stop in occasionally to chat.
I recall two distinct images. One, was the approach to the gate, where any who came would notice Martin sitting in the shuttered verandah, peering through the open space, chair slightly receded, face only partially visible, as if he was hiding from the dreadness of the city he often pursued in his poetry.
And then there was Phyllis Carter, her trademark smile and kindness in full bloom. And I would wonder, with that positive radiation, how much of the poetry she was responsible for as both partner and influence?
My deepest sympathy and solidarity to Michelle, Sonja, Keith, Howard and the entire Carter family.
Without deliberate choice, and without any pretence at understanding its inner secrets, I offer one of Martin Carter’s own poems (Whence Come They) in tribute to Phyllis.
Whence come they, these urgent visitants
Who do not warn of their coming?
How long has each been waiting
outside this door, this house, this room
silent and invisible, always waiting,
always there, impatient and enduring
the deaf ear, blind eye, idle hand
and distracted heart? I hardly know
how to say thanks. But I am grateful
to be so glad they never went away.
Nigel Westmaas
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