Jackie Mason - d. July 24th 2021

From Brooklyn to the Catskills

the laugh’s on us; hotel tills ring

and punchlines are real punches.

A rabbi steps from the wreckage

of his joke; woman looks up from

her borscht, whispers nervously

are we allowed to laugh at that?

Read about Jackie Mason here

Andy Fordham - d. July 15th 2021

Old Viking steps from a longboat,

sways, smiles, and takes aim.

He is the gentle drunken warrior,

his people baying at his back. 

Sometimes such love is enough; 

Sometimes it is too much.

Read about Andy Fordham here 

Raffaella Carrà - d. July 5th 2021

Quando dicono
canti troppo forte
ballare troppo velocemente,
mostrare troppo,
butta indietro la testa
cantare, ballare,
fare l'amore selvaggio
e fallo, fallo di nuovo.

When they say

you sing too loud,

dance too fast,

show too much,

throw back your head,

sing, dance, 

make wild love

and do it, do it again.

Read about Raffaella Carrà here

Greg Noll - d. 28th June 2021

Beyond the reef,

the last great swell 

is forming. A man,

half boat, half bull,

paddles out to meet

himself, tougher than

the wood of his board,

waxed with self-belief,

death just one more

wipeout far from shore.

Read about Greg Noll here

Richard Donner - d. July 5th 2021

From the eternal set he rises,

seven daggers in his pocket,

framing the unclean streets

comic book style, shooting

by the light of kryptonite,

and when he says action!

he means 

ACTION!

Read about Richard Donner here

Stuart Damon - d. June 29th 2021

Through your ageless hyper-eyes

I saw the world become unreal,

as despots and their regiments

were stymied by the nemesis

who senses all, whose grip is steel,

who never fails, who never dies.

Read about Stuart Damon here