Gordon Murray - d. June 30th 2016

Here is the man
the Trumpton man
now lost in time
hopelessly
regrettably
fading too quickly
moving too slowly
now lost in time in Trumpton

Read about Gordon Murray here

Scotty Moore - d. June 28th 2016

Nothing was all right
without you;
shoes were not blue,
the jailhouse was cold,
we played no Creole.
There was rock, 
but no roll.

Read about Scotty Moore here

Wayne Jackson - d. June 21st 2016

You blew in, blew, blew out,
swallowed a soulfull of air,
breathed it out as funk
and stacks of unlickable licks.

Read about Wayne Jackson here

Janet Waldo - d. June 12th 2016

Hailp! Hailp!
Looks like it's too late
this time for lil ol' me.
Come now, fiendish death;
reveal your hooded claw.

Read about Janet Waldo here

Muhammad Ali - d. June 4th 2016

Oh, you pretty thing!
Show us one more time
the thunder in your hands,
the lightning in your feet,
the defiance on your lips,
the poetry of victory.

read about Muhammad Ali here

Dave Swarbrick - d. June 3rd 2016

Who knows 
where the time went?
No-one here can tell.
The fiddle goes back 
into its case;
farewell, farewell.

Read about Dave Swarbrick here

Carla Lane - d. May 31st 2016

From Scouse house

to middle class misfires, 

your tools of liberation

were nervous laughs,

weak men, soft jokes 

like the beating of tiny wings.

Read more about Carla Lane here

Burt Kwouk - d. May 24th 2016

Old Chinese proverb say
(though it could be Japanese)
No man can wear 
a million faces
but a million faces
can sometimes wear one

Read about Burt Kwouk here

Prince - d. April 21st 2016

Tonight all the skies

are purple, peach and black.

You were not so much taken

as taken back.

Read about Prince here

Victoria Wood - d. April 20th 2016

Those angels. Just look;
lacy shifts and feathers.
At their age they should 
know better. Theda Bara
meets Violet Carson.
Black? Very slimming.

Read about Victoria Wood here

Phil Sayer - d. April 14th 2016

Platform 1 

for the 

[delayed]

20.16 

Arcadia Rail 

service to 

Petersgate. 

Please 

mind the gap 

between this life

and any

which might follow.

Read about Phil Sayer here

Gareth Thomas - d. April 13th 2016

I heard rumours of death,

turned my ship 

to your last

confirmed sighting

standard by 12!

It's been 30 years

but stars don’t forget

men like you.

Read about Gareth Thomas here

Arnold Wesker - April 12th 2016

We're done with dumb,

accepting defeat,

with walking down

a no-way street, 

chips with every damn 

thing. We will come

out of the kitchen and eat.

Read about Arnold Wesker here

Merle Haggard - d. April 6th 2016

Your train is coming,
every boxcar stuffed
with lonesome fugitives
copying your style.
It slows, stops. 
One car is empty,
just for you. Climb on.

Read about Merle Haggard here

Erik Bauersfeld - d. April 4th 2016

All that may persist

of some of us

will be a single line,

incidental to the plot

yet destined

to hang in the silence

of the emptying theatre.

Read about Erik Bauersfeld here 

Zaha Hadid - d. 31st March 2016

Plans for Heaven's redesign

are in; 
interplay of glass and void,

curving at the command of steel,

remaking a skyline

in a place without sky.

Read about Zaha Hadid here

Ronnie Corbett - d. March 31st 2016

...later in the show

we put Britain's

tiniest comedian

under the microscope,

but now it's goodnight

from me, and it's goodbye

from him. Goodbye.

Read about Ronnie Corbett here

Johan Cruyff - March 24th 2016

I saw the playback;

you & St Peter

outside the area. 

A jink of the heel

turned him inside out,

left for dead,
had all Heaven

leaping to its feet.

Read about Johan Cruyff here

Barry Hines - d. March 18th 2016

They’re coming out for you;
from trees and grey streets. 
You, who taught them to talk
in their own accent, slip
their jesses, take to the wing.

Read about Barry Hines here 

Paul Daniels - d. March 17th 2016

Turning turgid sleight of hand 
to gold, 
homeliness to handsome profit, 
joker into ace, 
Teesside into Vegas;
Now that's magic.

Read about Paul Daniels here