Friendship Defined By Faith And Poetry

Diva (left) with Eleni Begetis

This evening PoemAlley will celebrate the lives and memories of Stamford resident Ella (Daisy) “Diva” Evans and Eddie Wright in front of Curley’s Diner. Close friends and fellow participants at Tuesdays at Curley’s, Diva died on July 13, mere weeks after Eddie, who had been struggling with lung cancer.

Eddie Wright

They were devoted members of Mt. Nebo Full Gospel Church in Bridgeport, as well as of a congregation in Norwalk, where Eddie lived. We are honored they found in the PA community an outlet for their experiences, observations and convictions, expressed through a range of pieces by turns picaresque, nurturing and profound.

In particular, Eddie’s output took the form of ongoing personal conversations with God, related in the form of a series of journal entries, which he shared with PoemAlley almost every week (even through his health crisis), captivating both for their sly humor and inclusive, meditative appeal (not surprisingly, Eddie, who passed on June 13, had also presented sermons in church on occasion).

This special memorial gathering will begin in Columbus Park at 7:30 pm and include the singing of “Amazing Grace”: