Funny, I was just reading his words.
The news of Robert Kroetsch’s car accident has been moving as a slow undertow thru the Canadian poetry community for a couple hours now.
I only met him and heard him read a couple times, only have a couple of his books, but was struck by what a kind, good-humoured and sweet man he is. Humble and observant. Rare.
He was a steering hand for mentoring others. His ripples will surely continue outward past his lifetime.