David Chaloner remembered

This is David Chaloner ...

 

 1944 – 2010

Today is a very sad day. I will be saying goodbye to my very dear friend David Chaloner whose funeral service it is at 1p.m. He came into my life less than three years ago, but made an enormous impact on me. We were born in the same year. Both from working class backgrounds and with no formal design education. We shared an enthusiasm for life and very much believed in ‘living in the moment’. We spent many a long and happy evening at the Groucho Club dissecting life, people and experiences. There was never enough time. And now time has run out and he has gone.

But David was also a wonderful poet. He loved words – something we also shared. He brought warmth and happiness into many peoples lives. And even through the difficult struggle with the illness he had to endure over the past two years, he still maintained his sense of humour and optimism. David was a beautiful man who will be bitterly missed by all who knew him. But he leaves behind his work on the printed page, which will keep his sprit alive. Here is one of his evocative poems, set in a typeface that we both shared a great love for, Baskerville…