{"id":3748,"date":"2015-03-31T15:33:13","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T15:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/?p=3748"},"modified":"2015-04-07T18:27:19","modified_gmt":"2015-04-07T18:27:19","slug":"sad-anniversary-in-honour-of-our-beloved-dave-gregg-the-elegiac-poem-i-wrote-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/?p=3748","title":{"rendered":"Sad Anniversary. In honour of Dave Gregg, the elegiac poem I wrote last year"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dave&Lucas\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s been a year since our beloved Dave Gregg died. Too young, taken too soon. The shock lingers. Dave was a towering presence in more ways than one, a true rara avis, I had the great privilege of knowing him since our punk rock heyday, when he presided over Fort Gore and played in Private School then DOA and the Real McKenzies. He became close to me and my family through my best friend Cathy after they hooked up. Cathy is my son\u2019s godmother and Dave was like an uncle, an exceptionally jolly uncle and a wonderful role model with his indefatigable exuberance and generousity.\u00a0 I loved him for his towering wit and steadfast kindness. He was wonderful role model for my son. Cathy\u2019s an equally extraordinary individual and she and Dave complemented one another. They reveled in a symbiotic relationship, partners in business, life and love. The pair traveled extensively and we always looked forward to meeting up with them for a vacation\u00a0or whenever they landed in Vancouver.\u00a0I hold close fond, precious memories; celebrating my birthday on Molokai, kids indulged with kayaking and horseback riding, sleeping in tenatlows<\/em> on the beach. During a momentous holiday gathering in Whistler, much to our delight and amazement, Dave and Cathy bestowed us all with commemorative white terry robes.\u00a0One year it was cabins in Waimea Canyon on Kauai, grilling tuna steaks and mahi mahi for Christmas dinner on the Na Pali coast. \u00a0We shared many good times and bad jokes over countless meals together.<\/p>\n

And we still work to assimilate the loss. He meant so much to us all. Yes, Dave was a consummate musician, a great showman, and a wild man who was as free as a man can be in this world. As bitingly observant and wickedly funny as he was, I never heard Dave diss anyone.\u00a0 Truly benevolent, I\u2019m certain the man didn\u2019t have a malicious bone in his body, as they say. Here is a poem that as I told Cathy, couldn\u2019t bear to write in past tense. Dave will always loom tall in our home, hearts and minds.<\/p>\n

ROCK STAR<\/strong><\/p>\n

Head of fur.
\nUnabashed depth charger
\nRenegade
\nAs a cascading river
\nWilderness alive inside him
\nNight a badge
\nOver savannah heart.
\nHeroic trickster
\nDutifully howls,
\nCoyote-like scatters stars
\nUnerringly sharing his light.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s been a year since our beloved Dave Gregg died. Too young, taken too soon. The shock lingers. Dave was a towering presence in more ways than one, a true rara avis, I had the great privilege of knowing him since our punk rock heyday, when he presided over Fort Gore and played in Private […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[95],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3748"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3748"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3777,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3748\/revisions\/3777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}