John Hurt - d. January 25th 2017

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A new script; ‬
‪the role of the outcast,‬
‪the disfigured, the strange.‬
‪It comes from inside, ‬
‪a rush of truth‬
‪bursting through your ribs.‬

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Gorden Kaye - d. January 23rd 2017

‪

Seraphim are drawing lots‬

‪to meet you at the gates,‬

‪snigger furtively good ‬

‪moaning, pause, then‬

‪leesten carefully, I will‬

‪say thees...‬

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Jaki Liebezeit - d. January 22nd 2017

In future days

all drummers will be built

like you; part rhythm,

part philosopher,

perfection drawn from prototype

of the original man-machine.

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Rachel Heyhoe Flint - d. January 18th 2017

You emerged
from the long room
expecting no less 
than fair play, 
an uncovered pitch
with even bounce,
the right 
to clear the boundary.

Read about Rachael Heyhoe Flint here

Eugene Cernan - d. January 16th 2017

You depart
for a second time,
not looking back
as you pull the door
behind you,
not knowing whether
you would pass 
this way again.

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William Peter Blatty - d. January 12th 2017

I asked 
where you had gone;
Were you 
writing a new chapter
with Captain Howdy?
A kind of angel replied;
In here. With us. 

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Graham Taylor - d. January 12th 2017

When you saw 

that the angels

had ploughed up 

the pitch in the sky

did you not like that.

You had to laugh: Look!

Everything’s coming up turnips.

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Victor Lownes - d. January 11th 2017

For some, Hell 
is a Heaven 
where women 
do not disrobe
at your bidding
and where, 
when you snap 
your fingers,
no one comes running.

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Peter Sarstedt - d. January 8th 2017

Wherever you've gone to
the people are exquisite,
cloud-shod and sky-clad,
and all imagine
that you wrote your song
about them.

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Om Puri - d. January 6th 2017

Just let it go, friends;

the broken journey 

from east to west, 

the cameras that cut

to others too soon,

the familiar face

with the little name.

Read about Om Puri here