Sunday, December 20, 2009

Prabakar T. Rajan Says Farewell at The Goba Salon, December 18, 2009

Prabakar says farewell to the Boston poetry scene courtesy of the Wollaston, MA venue he helped to found with friend Ron Goba.

I have these going up on Facebook, but I wanted to make sure Prabakar could see these. Not everyone has Facebook accounts, or can even access them if they have work computers.



Vicki Murray got the brunt of my pics while
documenting the Round Robin given that she was
directly across the room from me, and it was awkward
to take pictures when we the salon sits in a circle.



Tom Daley and Prabakar listen to the Round Robin
before the f
e
ature.


Prabakar reads as dear friend Ron Goba listens
intently, his glasses off just about any time a poem
was being read by anyone.



The applause at the end of the feature.


As I knew from first hand experience, there is a
discussion after the feature reads. For Prabakar, who
has been booking for the Salon for a couple of years,
the discussion was lively, even feisty at times.



And this was all before the second round robin,
where both poetry and tributes were read for
Prabakar, even by a friend of a friend who just
met him.





Keith Nystrom, co-documentor.







Kieth going super sleuth.


Like a ninja!




The break before the 2nd Round Robin.


Anthony Baldor is just as happy to see me
with a camera as most people are (not very).



Back to the circle.


Michael Mack in the audience. He did an impromptu
reading of a poem about his father which he was
able to have relate to Prabakar.





Ron reads the final poem of the night.


Back to the photos. Prabakar poes with Ron and
Gabrielle Fee and her mother Isabelle, both of
whom knew Prabakar from his day job as a doctor
and were indebted to him when Gabrielle was ill.





You pose enough for me, and inevitably, more
people want to join in.





Some other faces at the reading: Eric Howes.


And Sue Goba, co-master of the house.






Keith without camera. I hope he sends me the
photo he snuck with me behind Prabakar.



And Jade Sylvan.


Fact: Naming Jade Sylvan in your blog will
garner you 30 extra hits!



Prabakar signs a book for new friend Lynne Sticklor,
who couldn't be in the audience that night.



Nate Connors says goobye to this photo session.

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