Poetic Obituaries: A singular character affectionately called

the Bearded Witch of Ocean Park--or, as [Charles] Bukowski fondly referred to her in one poem, Old Snaggle-Tooth--[Frances Dean] Smith had lived in the Ocean Park neighborhood of Santa Monica for decades.

Her work under the pen name FrancEyE was published in poetry journals and gathered in the collections "Snaggletooth in Ocean Park" (Sacred Beverage Press, 1996), "Amber Spider" (Pearl, 2004), "Grandma Stories" (Conflux Press, 2008) and "Call" (Rose of Sharon Press, 2008).

from The Los Angeles Times: FrancEyE, prolific Santa Monica poet, dies at 87

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