into the sky," Ms. [Cordelia] Brown wrote in her 2008 book of poems, "Asylum." That perfectly fit her approach to life: from overcoming a childhood automobile accident that nearly killed her to later journeying to India to teach English to Tibetan monks and living in a remote artists colony in the Venezuelan Andes mountains.On May 1, at age 29, Ms. Brown faced her own apparent premonition of the nearing end with a peace beyond her years.
"Starting over--sinking into the night--my slate is clean," were the last words she posted on her Facebook page before going to sleep.
from San Francisco Chronicle: Poet Cordelia Brown dies at 29
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