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Steven Forris Kimbrough
Steven Forris Kimbrough was born November 7, 1958 in Birmingham, Alabama. He began school in Princeton, New Jersey, and moved with his family to Germany when he was eleven years ol...view moreSteven Forris Kimbrough was born November 7, 1958 in Birmingham, Alabama. He began school in Princeton, New Jersey, and moved with his family to Germany when he was eleven years old. He attended both German and American schools in Bonn and excelled in his studies and athletics. After completion of High School, he entered Duke University, as did his brothers Timothy and Mark. With majors in German and Art Design, he graduated magna cum laude in 1980.
After graduation from Duke University, he became a resident of Cedar Grove, NC, where he lived until his death. Though he lost a leg as a youth, he learned to ski again and was a Cross Country Skiing medalist in the 1979 Handicap Olympic National Championships.
In 2010 Kimbrough died in an automobile accident. He was a gifted linguist, as his poems in English, German, and French illustrate, and an ardent supporter of Native American life and causes. He was also a talented artist, whose drawing of the fossil, Aegyptopithecus, a major link in the evolutionary chain, was published in the New York Times, Time Magazine, and Newsweek. His poem “Forty Days and Forty Nights” was set to music and published in the book of global songs and activities for children, Put Your Arms Around the World. Music was one of his passions and for about ten years he played bass guitar and wrote song lyrics in the group, One Real Band, with his brothers, Timothy and Mark, which became quite popular during their Duke University years.
His first love was family, especially his children, Dakotah and Savannah.
His poetry reflects a broad worldview and a keen sensitivity to nature, the marginalized, the physically challenged, one’s view of self and others, and the need for faith and love in the world today.view less