Poetic Obituaries: "He was a conscientious objector

in World War II," Arthur Larrabee said [of his father Kent Larrabee]. "He went to jail" in New York State, but for less than a year because the war ended.

In the early 1980s, Mr. Larrabee was distributing his antiwar poetry in Moscow when the authorities took a very close interest.

"After he got arrested, the police went through his knapsack, wondering who was this guy," his son said. "After they read all his stuff, they decided he was a good guy and gave him a tour of Moscow - in a police car - so to honor him."

from The Philadelphia Inquirer: Activist sacrificed pay for peace

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