Thursday 28 September 2017

Hugh Hefner - d. September 27th 2017

How revolutionary to die
in silk pyjamas, have Bunnies 
hoist your bier on bare shoulders,
walk you through man-crowds
to your father's mansion.

Tuesday 26 September 2017

Tony Booth - d. September 25th 2017

St Peter hears
a cockney voice
Tell 'im to cut 'is 'air
It was good enough 
for Lennon and Trotsky; 
it's good enough 
for a randy Scouse git.

Liz Dawn - September 25th 2017

I saw her; an old swamp duck
squawking through the drizzle
of a Manchester sky,
circling the sooty chimneys,
turning away across the Red Rec.

Read about Elizabeth Dawn here

Thursday 21 September 2017

William G. Stewart - d. September 21st 2017

Who said
'We start with three lives;
the one we dream of,
the one we fear,
the one we live'?
Sorry William,
lights out.

read about William G. Stewart here

Saturday 16 September 2017

Harry Dean Stanton - d. September 15th 2017

There you go,
playing your final 
haunted man,
face like a ruined mansion,
in from the blinding desert,
back to the old freezerino.


Friday 15 September 2017

Grant Hart - d. September 14th 2017

Do you remember
the beautiful noise,
the hardcore honey?
Turned on the news
to hear it had been 
cut out, 
cut down to size.

Read about Grant Hart here

Wednesday 13 September 2017

Frank Vincent - d. September 13th 2017

In this thing of ours
a wiseguy's worth 
his weight 
in provolone
I heard a cry 
popped the trunk
but there was
just a note that said
fuhgeddaboudit


Tuesday 12 September 2017

Sunday 3 September 2017

Walter Becker - d. September 3rd 2017

I bought a thrill from you,
a groove cool and literate,
spinning to its own logic.
Walter, you had my number.

read about Walter Becker here