Pearl Carr - d. February 16th 2020

There’s a tree

in a meadow. I

imagine you 

there, or cooing

from the hedge

that divides

one age from

another, singing

like birds used

to sing when they

could really sing.

Read about Pearl Carr here

Katherine Johnson - d. February 24th 2020

Johnson's Rule

When calculating the effect
of a single body 
acting on a larger mass,
even the smallest force
will change its trajectory
permanently, irrevocably.

Read about Katherine Johnson here

Heather Couper - d. February 19th 2020

Sometimes a star hides
in a corner of the sky
invisible to the eye
yet audible across time,
distant now, but surely
somewhere out there. 

Read about Heather Couper here

Andrew Weatherall - d. February 17th 2020

Today took you higher
than the sun, remixed,
just as you remixed me.
In the midst of life we are 
in dub, and Paradise 
is just a playlist.

Read about Andrew Weatherall here

Caroline Flack - d. February 15th 2020

Let’s go to a place, sunny
even in rain, where bubbles
fizz in every glass and glance,
where every day’s a dance
for a moment, where troubles
drown and even this is funny.

read about Caroline Flack here

Joseph Shabalala - d. February 11th 2020

Ilokishi ineendonga

Umculo awunazindonga

Isixeko sihamba ngaphandle kwesigqi

Umdaniso awupheli

Umhlaba uyacula ngokuvisisanayo

Ilizwi elinye licula ngonaphakade

Read about Joseph Shabalala here

The township has walls

Music has no walls

The city moves without rhythm

The dance never ends

The earth sings without harmony

One voice sings forever

Kirk Douglas - d. February 5th 2020

They built a cross for you
on the Via Appia, warrior
of the Anthill, the longboat,
icon of the eternal audience.
Actors walk a lonely path:
yours was glorious.

Read about Kirk Douglas here

Andy Gill - d. February 1st 2020

You brought entertainment:

bleak and angular, one part

funk to two parts anthrax,

an essence rare, now lost.

read about Andy Gill here