 First there was a tribute reading organized by Bob Holman and Chavisa Woods at the Bowery Poetry Club the week after his death, at which many of his contemporaries, colleagues, and admirers offered remembrances.Among those who spoke and or performed were; Katherine Arnoldi, Janine Cirincione, Patricia Spears Jones, Valery Oisteanu, Penny Arcade, Ron Kolm,  Nina Kuo, William Parker and Daniel Carter, Cannon's sister Evelyn Cannon, his daughter Melanie Best, Nancy Mercado, Steve Dalachinsky, Mike Tyler, andUrayoán Noel, as well as Holman and Woods.For the second gathering held on September 6, 2019 at the Flamboyan Theater at the Clemente Arts for Art and A Gathering of the Tribes came together to offering a memorial program featuring poetry in music including sendoffs from the Sun Ra Arkestra, Tracie Morris with Elliott Sharp and Grahman Haynes, Anne Waldman, and Edwin Torres.