George Segal - d. March 23rd 2021

On the great stage of days

you are what you were. Fun,

even through the fallow years,

the typical American, always.

And classy? More than a touch.

Read about George Segal here

Frank Worthington - d. March 22nd 2021

Look! The Georgie Best

of the basement classes,

a ponytailed Maradona, 

iconoclast in cowboy boots,

Elvis with rolled-down socks.

Too late! He's left us for dead.

Read about Frank Worthington here

Yaphet Kotto - d. March 15th 2021

Anybody ever tell you 

you look dead, man, like 

the shadow of a coffin?

Sure, you can graft 

a living in deep space,

or hustle with Mr Big, but

everyone knows names 

is for tombstones, baby.

Read about Yaphet Kotto here

Murray Walker - d. March 13th 2021

I stood at Stowe, waiting

for you to call the blurs through 

one by one, voice over-revving

like a bad gear change, but 

the track had fallen silent, 

and I have to stop now, because

I have a lump in my throat.

Read about Murray Walker here

Lou Ottens - d. March 6th 2021

Side 1 Track 1:

this boy by the radio

taping the Top Forty

on your box of secrets,

spooling his life across

capstan heads, capturing

himself on ferrous oxide.

Read about Lou Ottens here

Chris Barber - d. March 2nd 2021

I left a little flower for you,

New Orleans blue. Next day 

I found petals trampled 

into the rug, a red-hot 

combo stomping as they 

soloed in your name, 

not in grief but in joy.

Read about Chris Barber here

Bunny Wailer - d. March 2nd 2021

Pass it on! The herb is dead

that grew out of a golden age.

Who feels it knows it in their soul,

that sweet voice born of ghetto rage.

Read about Bunny Wailer here