John Fortune - d. December 31st 2013

Today you accepted a booking 
at the highest establishment.
Your billing reads
Not so much a satirist,
more a way of life.

Read about John Fortune here

David Coleman - d. December 21st 2013

The stadium empties,

The floodlights fade,

The camera rolls,

The cue is given,

But no voice speaks.

Read about David Coleman here

Ronnie Biggs - d. December 18th 2013

Something separated you
from other seedy pimpernels.
Perhaps the audacity 
of your flight, or maybe
Lady Luck's number
in your trouser pocket. 

Read about Ronnie Biggs here 

Joan Fontaine - d.December 15th 2013

They’ll talk of your sister,
your sister and you,
but this is for you alone,
somewhere between
the unknown woman
and the woman 
who found herself.

Read about Joan Fontaine here 

Peter O'Toole - d. December 14th 2013

By night, we saw
two blue suns
extinguished,
and a face, 
once luminous 
as the desert
it owned,
become a cold moon.

Read about Peter O'Toole here
 

Stan Tracey - d. December 6th 2013

When the music stopped
I touched your piano;
88 keys hot with friction,
steam rising off the strings,
sustain pedal jammed on
forever.

Read about Stan Tracey here