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Arts and Entertainment: CEDAR KEY ART FESTIVAL JUDGE SELECTED
March 10th, 2013

Arts and Entertainment: Cedar Key Poets 2013 Reading
March 9th, 2013

Arts and Entertainment: March show at the Arts Center
March 7th, 2013

Arts and Entertainment: LAST CHANCE THIS WEEKEND TO SEE LOCAL TALENT IN "LITTLE SHOP..."
March 6th, 2013

Arts and Entertainment: "Bird in Hand" Awarded Blue Ribbon in CKAC`s 3-D Show
March 3rd, 2013

Arts and Entertainment: March Workshops at the Cedar Key Arts Center
March 1st, 2013

Arts and Entertainment: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS - FULL OF OUR MULTITALENTED CEDAR KEY FOLK!
February 27th, 2013

Arts and Entertainment: Mosaic Marvels and Textile Treasures Show at the CKAC
February 26th, 2013

Arts and Entertainment: Cedar Key Poets Annual Reading 3/7
February 23rd, 2013

Arts and Entertainment: LAST CHANCE TO SEE MOSAIC EXHIBITION, SARAH WESTENBERG RETROSPECTIVE
February 23rd, 2013

Arts and Entertainment: Suwannee Valley Players Presents "Little Shop of Horrors" Beginning 3/1
February 19th, 2013

Arts and Entertainment: PALMS MEDICAL GROUP RENEWS TITLE SPONSORSHIP ROLE FOR CEDAR KEY’S 49th ANNUAL ARTS FESTIVAL, APRIL 13-14
February 16th, 2013

Arts and Entertainment: Storytelling Theme a Success at Art Festival Fundraiser
January 30th, 2013

Arts and Entertainment: Next Opening at the Cedar Key Art Center February 2, 2013
January 30th, 2013

Arts and Entertainment: Coming Up at the Cedar Key Arts Center
January 29th, 2013

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A Remembrance

A Remembrance

Robin McClary

Luke Zilles died here in Cedar Key about two weeks ago. I doubt that many people knew him because he was a reclusive man and a bit of a grouch. He lived in the house where he died, on Hodges where it is met by Rye Key Drive. The death was from natural causes, but he was sadly alone for the moment of passing. I have been told that he was either born in Panama or lived there as a child. He was educated at universities in New York State and was a retired Professor of English from the State University of Albany.

I met Luke at the Cedar Key poet's workshop. He was a longtime friend of Bill Stalter, another Cedar Key poet who died several years ago. Like Bill Stalter, Luke was an extraordinary poet. He had a published book of poetry called, Conch of Bees. He was also published in The Saturday Review and the New Yorker magazines.

Beyond these scattered thoughts, most of which I learned from some friends of his, I knew very little about him. What I did know was that he was a true wordsmith. He made the language a living thing that marched to the cadences that he sang. When I asked him about his techniques, he growled at me like a cornered wolf. He told me more than once that he, "didn't want to teach me nothing," but I learned anyhow.

I will miss him.

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