Saturday 28 June 2014

Bobby Womack - d. June 27th 2014

It's all over now,
but your soul
wrote such poetry.
And though the struggle’s
not yet done,
it’s time for you to cross 
that wide, wide street.

Wednesday 25 June 2014

Eli Wallach - d. June 24th 2014

Your fate was to be cast,
over and over,
as the baddest of the bad,
the ugliest of the ugly.
In the end,
it was all good.

Read about Eli Wallach here 


Tuesday 24 June 2014

Terry Richards - d. June 17th 2014

You died so many times,
then got up, walked away,
but when it came
to the hardest scene of all
there was no-one on-set
to double for you.

Read about Terry Richards here

Thursday 19 June 2014

Gerry Goffin - d. June 19th 2014

Since teenage was invented
you have been putting words
in our mouths.
Your question, though,
is answered; yes,
we will still love you tomorrow.

Read about Gerry Goffin here

Sunday 15 June 2014

Francis Matthews - d. June 15th 2014

Time - mysterious, irresistible -
has proved you destructible,
but Death holds the promise
of melody, rhapsody, symphony,
harmony, destiny.


Read about Francis Matthews here

Monday 9 June 2014

Rik Mayall - d. June 9th 2014

Hey St Peter,
have you got
my life
in your pocket
- poet, radical, idiot -
or are you just 
pleased to see me?