Keith Harris - d. April 28th 2015

What was left

when the act was over?

A voice offstage,

like yours but not yours,
a green feather 
in the beam of the follow spot,
falling.

Read about Keith Harris here

Percy Sledge - d. April 14th 2015

So many lay claim

to the crown of soul,

yet so few 

spent their last dime,

gave up all their comforts, 

slept out in the rain.

Read about Percy Sledge here

Günter Grass - d. April 13th 2015

From the shamed pen
of a nation that lost its head, its tongue,
came a voice needing to be heard again,
singing Vergangenheitsbewältigung.

Read about Günter Grass here 

Viv Nicholson - d. April 12th 2015

Millions are cold-pressed
from sweat of the potless,
but the only life harmed 
in the making and unmaking
of your fortune
was your own.

Read about Viv Nicholson here

Richie Benaud - d. April 10th 2015

Benaud c&b De'Ath 84
Rarely caught, stumped or leg-before,
though Wisden prefers to note that
numbers don't show 
the straightness of the bat.

Read about Richie Benaud here 

Jackie Trent - d. March 21st 2015

I know a place,
a cellar full of noise,
with a perfect jukebox
where the only songs playing
are all ones I know.

Read about Jackie Trent here

Shaw Taylor - d. March 17th 2015

Did you see a man 
sometime in the 70's, 80's?
five foot ten, grey hair,
glasses, a twinkle?
We would like to speak 
to him. Keep 'em peeled.

Read about Shaw Taylor here 

Daevid Allen - d. March 13th 2015

In the University of Errors,
where hippies are hip,
everyone graduates sometime,
gets a proper job in the afterlife, 
beforelife, beyondlife.

Read about Daevid Allen here 

Terry Pratchett - d. March 12th 2015

Not content with this world
you fashioned your own;
balanced on elephants,
the equilibrium of the lunatic,
believably unbelieveable.

Read about Terry Pratchett here