Alan Bean - d. May 26th 2018

Your canvasses,
- footsteps in dust,
blue globe on
a gold-leaf visor -
stretch 240,000 miles,
hang in the galleries
of our future.

read more about Alan Bean here

Verne Troyer - d. April 21st 2018

Hollywood is no Lilliput,

no imaginarium;

it is the reality

that shelters the unreal,

where stature

is not measured

in feet and inches.

Read about Verne Troyer here

Dale Winton - d. April 18th 2018

Teeth, tan, eyes, camera, 

hypersmooth, always
in control. 
When the klaxon sounds

there will be prizes

for anyone with showbiz 
in their soul.

Read about Dale Winton here

R. Lee Ermey - d. April 15th 2018

Angels? I seen

maggots holier

than thou.

What you grinnin' 

so beatifically at?

I’ll ram that halo

so far down your neck

you'll be shittin'

miracles…

Read about R. Lee Ermey here

Miloš Forman - d. April 13th 2018

It’s the talk 
of the day room;
you and McMurphy
- not gone upstairs
but together in escape.
It’s easier than 
you think, Chief.

Read about Miloš Forman here

Eric Bristow - d. April 5th 2018

A nickel-tungsten 

22-gramme 

smudges the lipstick 

of double 16. 

Your swagger 

is a dart to the heart;

we go round the board

with you, one last time.

read about Eric Bristow here

Steven Bochco - d. April 1st 2018

7am. Roll call. Anyone
seen Bochco? No one’s
seen Bochco. Downtown,
asleep in a dumpster
or hustling undercover,
too Street to be sweet,
always careful out there.

Read about Steven Bochco here

Bill Maynard - d. March 30th 2018

Oh no. Flags fly low

across thorpes and thwaites, 

rough-handed men

sink pints of cooking,

slur Magic our Maurice,

bumble to the lonely grave.

Read about Bill Maynard here

Katie Boyle - d. March 20th 2018

Europe awaits you,
its forêts and Straßen
trembling in tulle, organza. 
Et maintenant 
les votes du jury Élysian.
Can you hear me Élysia?

read about Katie Boyle here

Jim Bowen - d. March 14th 2018

The reputation you made

in the clubs, that's safe;

will you consider gambling it

on TV? You have the time

it takes for the world to revolve…

Read about Jim Bowen here

Stephen Hawking - d. March 14th 2018

All bodies eventually collapse

into themselves, and yet

the radiation from your mind

will be a constant, detectable

at the end of all things.

Read about Stephen Hawking here

Ken Dodd - d. March 11th 2018

What a beautiful day missus,

for going backstage

at the Hippodrome, 

dark as a jam butty mine, 

to listen for the ghost 

that outjoked them all.

Read about Ken Dodd here

Trevor Baylis - d. March 5th 2018

Let them say 
there is no power here.
Let them say
no-one will send the words.
You said
I will bring you power;
the words will come to you.

Read about Trevor Baylis here

Roger Bannister - d. March 3rd 2018

Tick. Tick. Final sprint.
Chataway and Brasher
dropped already. Tape, dip.
Personal best. First, forever,
in this or any other race.

read about Roger Bannister here

Lewis Gilbert - d. February 23rd 2018

Your heroes became ours;
the real, and the abstract,
and all your flashbacks
are just projections of us.


read about Lewis Gilbert here

Billy Graham - d. February 21st 2018

Today you will stand
before your creator
just as you are
in your imperfect nature,
saying I have saved
though I'm no saviour.

Read about Billy Graham here

Vic Damone - d. February 11th 2018

Oh, the towering feeling

of seeing angels queue

below your marquee

outside Club Heaven,

its humming walls 
waiting for you 
to drape them with velvet.

Read about Vic Damone here

Dennis Edwards - d. February 1st 2018

A million miles from reality
the stones vibrate in sympathy
to a voice like bottled sunshine,
doing fine on Cloud Nine.

read about Dennis Edwards here

Ingvar Kamprad - d. January 27th 2018

We, whose homes
are filled with you,
gather to assemble 
your casket; black ash,
brushed steel handles,
several screws over
when the job is done.

read about Ingvar Kamprad here

Mark E. Smith - d. January 24th 2018

Perpetual number one-uh
Kelly’s Eye-uh
Bormann and Lucifer-uh
hanging around-uh
waiting to parlez-vous 
with you-uh

read about Mark E. Smith here