Arnold Palmer - d. September 25th 2016

This poem is 
the flight of a good drive, 
the joy of a good lie,
the match dormie,
the silent gallery 
as the last putt 
drops into the cup.

Read about Arnold Palmer here

Prince Buster - d. September 8th 2016

The rudest of boys
is now ghost dancing, 
issuing his own
Ten Commandments, showing
the company of the skies
how to whine an' grine.

Read about Prince Buster here

Gene Wilder - d. August 29th 2016

You return to a place

in an imagined world

where no-one can shoot straight,

every night is opening night

and every chocolate bar

hides a golden ticket.

Read about Gene Wilder here

Brian Rix - d. August 20th 2016

A door closes

behind a departing seraph.

You burst in

through a different door,

bent halo, wings askew,

raiment round your ankles.

Read about Brian Rix here

Kenny Baker - d. August 13th 2016

In the cosmic hereafter

the voice, the face

will be your own.

Metal will become flesh,

the machine, a man.

Read about Kenny Baker here

Chiyonofuji - d. 31st July 2016

In the sumo ranks 

of the imagination

some rikishi stand 

even above yokozuna.

See, beyond 

the horizontal rope:

The Wolf in wolf's clothing.

Read about Chiyonofuji here

Marni Nixon - d. July 24th 2016

Others were feathered
by Costume
gilded by Makeup
fixed in time by the lens
but when they opened 
their mouths
it was you, it was you.

Read about Marni Nixon here

Alan Vega - d. July 16th 2016

They say
prophets go unrecognised,
particularly in New York. 
The truth?
Frankie Teardrop died
and America is still
killing its youth.

Read about Alan Vega here

Robin Hardy - d. July 2nd 2016

Where you are going
the crops do not fail,
the sun does not set.
We kept our appointment;
it is time to keep yours.

Read about Robin Hardy here

Caroline Aherne - d. July 2nd 2016

Dead my arse!
She looked alright to me
down the Feathers last week
Who's that ringing so late?
Someone at the gate
Get that will you, our Gabriel

Read about Caroline Aherne here

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