Ode to Max
Dear folks:
My friendship with Max V. Soliven started many years ago. We happened to both love collecting stamps. And during one of his visits to Chile, he was delighted when I brought him to a store which sells fossil of crustacea from the Atacama desert in Northern Chile. It was believed that said part of Chile was formerly under the ocean or part of the Pacific.
He bought several fossil and reluctantly accept the postage I gave him postmarked at the People´s Republic of China´s station in the Antarctic. I acquired said Chinese postage during the time Neneto and I visited that part of the Southern Pole.
Perhaps, unknown to many, Max was not only fond of gathering news but also of rare stamps and fossil.
Hereunder is what I wrote when I learned of his demise which I would like to share with you.
ODE TO MAX
By Rudy A. Arizala
25 November2006
M - ax, my good friend is now gone
A - way to that great beyond.
X - enophobia he was not
V - entured to foreign countries.
S - eeking what´s the truth always
O - r news that´s behind the news.
L - ike a veteran newsman
I - n field of journalism
V - isiting kings; world leaders
E - ven men in the streets.
N - ever tired until the end.
May his soul rest in peace.
Rudy