Tuesday 28 January 2014

Pete Seeger - d. January 27th 2014



You put the civil in civil rights,
the right in civil rights. 
You had 
the clearest voice 
in the world,
singing the only song that mattered.

Thursday 16 January 2014

Roger Lloyd-Pack - d. January 15th 2014


Your face,
gormless, but comforting
as an old shoe,
appears at the window
of the wrong heaven.
A knock;
I'm looking for Roger.
Sorry. He’s gone.

Read about Roger Lloyd-Pack here 

Sunday 12 January 2014

Alexandra Bastedo - d. January 12th 2014

Of all the events
your character foresaw,
you missed this one;
Nemesis, in full 60s garb,
here at the door
to claim you back.

Read about Alexandra Bastedo here

Tuesday 7 January 2014

Sir Run Run Shaw - d. January 7th 2014

The swords of a thousand samurai
are sheathed, laid at your feet.
It is you that is gone, 
but it is we that feel the touch
of the five fingers of death.

Read about Sir Run Run Shaw here





Monday 6 January 2014

Simon Hoggart - d. January 5th 2014

They will sleep easier tonight;
the pompous, the pretentious,
those on the make, on the take.
The sniper who never misses
has run out of ink.

Read about Simon Hoggart here

Sunday 5 January 2014

Eusébio - d. January 5th 2014

A cultured pass 
brings two continents
together, 
a blast from your boot
and the whole world
cheers your name;
O Rei!

Read more about Eusébio here

Saturday 4 January 2014