We in the local Sin Fronteras community were saddened to learn of the death of Terry Herztler earlier this month.  He had been missing from a couple of events, but we did not know why.

Joe Somoza, one of the elders of the local poetry community and editor emeritus of Sin Fronteras Journal, wrote this on another blog:

I’m sad to learn that Terry died. For the past 4-5 years he took part in our open-mics at Palacio Bar in Mesilla, New Mexico, and for the past 2-3 years he was a regular member of our community peer-group workshop in Las Cruces, a sweet, lonely guy who enjoyed the fellowship as well as the poetry discussion. He was a good poet, always bringing something solid and convincing, sometimes a memory from Viet Nam. I’m sorry that he’s gone.

Terry was also one of the poetry editors for issue #22, along with Joanne Townsend and Ellen Young; we were looking forward to continuing with issue #23.  He will be missed.