Frank Lima (labor Leader)
Frank Lima may refer to: *Frank Lima (poet) (1939–2013), American poet *Frank Lima, better known as The Great Morgani, American street performer See also *Frank De Lima Franklin Wilcox Napuakekaulike De Lima (born July 8, 1949) is an American comedian from Hawaii. Biography Frank De Lima is one of Hawai’i's most popular and beloved comedians. For over 40 years, this award-winning comic has been entertainin ...

Frank Lima (poet)
Frank Lima (1939 in Spanish Harlem, New York City, New YorkOctober 21, 2013 in Long Island, New York) was an American poet most closely associated with the New York School. Education Lima received his MFA from Columbia University where he studied under among others Kenneth Koch and Stanley Kunitz. His published volumes of verse include; ''Inventory'' (1964), ''Underground with the Oriole'' (1971 E.P. Dutton), ''Angel, New Poems'' (1976 Liveright Publications), ''Inventory: New & Selected Poems'' (1997 Hard Press) and ''The Beatitudes'' (2000). Career as chef Lima was also a classically trained chef who taught at the New York Restaurant School and was an assistant chef at the White House during the John Fitzgerald Kennedy administration. Public presence Lima was depicted in Wynn Chamberlain's noted diptych "Poets Dressed and Undressed", which portrays the quartet of Joe Brainard, Frank O'Hara Francis Russell "Frank" O'Hara (March 27, 1926 – July 25, 1966) was an Americ ...
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The Great Morgani
The Great Morgani (aka Frank Lima) is an American street performer and performance artist from Santa Cruz, California. Although he is an experienced accordionist with 60 years of experience, he is most noted for his spectacular costumes which sometimes take up to 100 hours of work. Life and career Frank Lima was born in 1942 in Los Banos, California.
"Frank Lima, the Great Morgani - Santa Cruz County Stories", ''Santa Cruz Sentinel'', May 23, 2011, retrieved December 23, 2012 His family moved to Santa Cruz in 1946. Lima started performing at age 11, mostly in trios at Portuguese events. He enjoyed success in his first career as a stockbroker, but retired when he was 35. Almost two decades later in 1995, he embarked on a second career playing accordion as a street performer. In the first few years of his street performing, he perfo ...
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