Memorial website in the memory of your loved one
Memorial Homepage
Create Site
Create a Memorial Website »
This memorial website was created in the memory of our loved one, Shannon Hamann who was born in Omaha, Nebraska on March 15, 1966 and passed away on December 5, 2004 in Brooklyn, NY at the age of 38. We will remember him forever.
Click here to see Shannon Hamann's
Family Tree
Tributes and Condolences
Thinking of you..   / Christopher Hook (Friend)
So, I am lying here and you popped into my head. How funny. It's been almost 15 years since you have passed. Shannon and I knew each other from the late 1980s until his death. He would visit me regularly when I lived in Williamsburg Brooklyn. He was ...  Continue >>
Mother's reader - got your book   / Sandra Linebaugh (reader of Eloise's books )
Shannon, I am a reader of Eloise's books and found out about you from an email from her. It caught my attention because my son, David, would have been 47 last October. So, I know how she feels without you. The number of years don't matter when you...  Continue >>
Happy birthday Shannon   / Leif Bloor
I doubt I am the only one who will raise a glass to you tonight, or any night.
Your 52nd birthday   / Eloise Hamann (Mom)
Dear Shannon, So you were born 52 years ago today. I remember your little face only from the baby picture. I don’t think newborns are cute so I remember when you were older and so cute. You were a wiggler back then. I’ve put your Brad Pitt book ...  Continue >>
We lit your candle tonight   / Eloise Hamann (Mom)
It's Valentine's Day and we treated ourselves to a meal of corned beef with dumplings and cabbage boiled in the corned beef broth. We usually also boil turnips, but tonight we used daikon and liked it even better. Of course I thought of your love ...  Continue >>
I almost forgot  / Eloise Hamann (mom)    Read >>
2017 Holidays  / Eloise Hamann (proud mom )    Read >>
Thirteen years  / Eloise Hamann (mom)    Read >>
Easter 2017  / Eloise Hamann (Mother)    Read >>
Easter Poem  / Eloise Hamann (Mom)    Read >>
51st Birthday, 2017  / Eloise Hamann (Mother)    Read >>
Recited one of your poems in a staff meeting yeste  / Tia Woodward (Friend)    Read >>
Wish we could talk  / Eloise Hamann (Mother)    Read >>
Happy Birthday!  / Scott Goodno (Friend)    Read >>
Happy 50th Birthday wherever you are  / Eloise Hamann (mom)    Read >>
More tributes and condolences...
Click here to pay tribute or offer your condolences
His legacy
Publications  

Anthologies:
“Redemption”: The Best of Writers at Work 1994 Juni 1994
“The Violent Imagination”: The Southern Anthology 1997 *
Journals:
“The Body Burners”: The Atlanta Review Olympic Edition 1996 (Silver Medalist) & The Georgia State University Review (first place contest winner)
“Transubstantiation”: Nimrod (competition honorable mention) 1997
“The Garden”: Nimrod 1997
“The Daffodil”: The Gettysburg Review Fall 1995 *
“The Kite”: The Massachusetts Review Spring 1993*
"Park Avenue Februari 14": Cover Magazine
“The Body Burners”: The Atlanta Review (Silver Medalist) Olympic Edition 1996
"Stalk": International Poetry Review 1996
"Easter": The Madison Review Fall 1994
"Hiroshima Diary": Tribes Winter 1995
“The Babysitter” & “Man’s Fate”: The Hawaii Review Spring 1993*
“Niagara Falls”: The Hawaii Review forthcoming
“The Trial”: The Bluffs Reader Fall 1992
“The Last Supper”: Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review Fall 1992
“Occupied Paris 1994 & Indian Summer”: The New York Quarterly No. 52 1993*
“The Carpenter and the Moon”: The New York Quarterly forthcoming*
“The Peony”: The Colorado Review Spring 1994*
"When Does a Bride Wear Black?" & "A Dream Day": Mudfish 8 1995
“Flicker”: Mudfish 7 1993*
“Sign”: Phoebe Winter 1993*
"The Marigold": The Hawaii Review Spring 1995; Slingshot online magazine Issue *
“The Farm”: Visions International No. 42 1993 Mockingbird and Maryland Poetry Review forthcoming*
‘Possess-possess”: Zyzzyva Summer 1993
"Beauty": Hyper Age Winter 1994
"Redemption": The Harbinger Mei 1994
"A Note on the Refrigerator" Winter 1995
"The Toy": Pavement Spring 1986

Many of Shannon's friends remember him as someone who steered his own course completely immune to traditional thinking. In fact he inspired others to search within themselves. 

 
Shannon's Photo Album
Painting by Attila Richard Lukacs See 5/26/09 Tribute
Jump To:
Go to Album >> Open full-screen Slideshow >>
Transfer Photos into a Hardbound Book >>

Bring the memories home by publishing your online memorial as a genuine hardcover keepsake
This memorial website was created by Eloise Hamann on 10/25/2005.
click here to contact Eloise
Sponsorship
The hosting of this website is sponsored by Eloise Hamann
Memorial Candles
Tabeagbbdk Tabeagbbdk lit a candle on 11/09/2018: "Hi, This is my test post!"
Dop DopQQ lit a candle on 07/02/2018: ""Powered by vBulletin" "zCarot"
Julaina Kleist-Corwin lit a candle on 03/16/2018: "Happy Birthday, Shannon!!"
Eloise Hamann lit a candle on 03/15/2018: "Happy Birthday. Heather has dubbed you St. Shannon as she's hosting your corned beef party this year."
Victoria Heifner lit a candle on 12/05/2017: "Thinking of you and your bright star today. xoxoxo"
Mom Hamann lit a candle on 12/05/2017: "We'll be lighting your cherished candle w. your crooked lettered name as we do on every holiday and speical occasion."
Leif Bloor lit a candle on 03/15/2017: "Golden lads and girls all must, as chimney-sweepers, come to dust."
Lori Aspaas lit a candle on 03/11/2017: "Happy Birthday Shannon! You are loved by many and missed!"
Matt SI NYC lit a candle on 04/22/2016: "I miss crossing paths with you - love ya."
Heather Hamann lit a candle on 03/15/2016: "Happy Birthday, Heartbreaker."
Click here for more candles
To light a candle in memory of Shannon Hamann fill out this form:
First name:
Last name:
Text:
(max. 120 characters)
Tell your Friends
To tell others about the website in memory of Shannon Hamann, enter their e-mail addresses:
Get Updated
Enter your e-mail to be notified every time this website is updated:
Add to favorites
You are visitor number:
62,956
  Home | Create a Memorial Website | Search Memorials | Resources | Frequently Asked Questions | Testimonials | Terms of Use | Contact Us | All Memorial Websites | Privacy Policy | Sitemap  
Copyright © 2018, TelNET, and content owners