Jane White Ward writes: Cynthia C. Meyers went to Colorado College. I would like to share a poem she wrote before she passed away of cancer in 1971. Sometimes When the wind is a kiss through a veil of sun-glinted hair, I slip away and recall When life was a whistle that echoed in the mist of morning And elfin magic abounded in dandelions and milkweed pods that burst into puffs of fairy wings. Sometimes...I smile and cling to the day when I saw that weeds are flowers after all. Cindy Meyers The following death notice appeared in the Chicago Tribune on October 20, 1971: