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.

read about Hugh Hefner here

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.

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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.

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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

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.

read about Harry Dean Stanton here

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.

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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

Read about Frank Vincent here

Peter Hall - d. September 11th 2017

The play's the thing,
though the thing 
that makes the play
is not always the play.

Read about Peter Hall here

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