Monday 28 December 2015

Lemmy - d. December 28th 2015

Some dance with the devil;
you preferred to drink him 
under the table, scuffle,
screw his handmaidens,
cheat him then beat him 
with your dead man's hand.



Saturday 19 December 2015

Jimmy Hill - d. December 19th 2015

See the game
the uncommon vision.
Read the game;
the indirect route 
to the unlikely goal.
Play the game,
and then rewrite it.


Monday 7 December 2015

Robert Loggia - d. December 4th 2015

In the celestial firm
I see you standing behind
the Archangel, alert, one hand 
on the inevitable gun, concealed
in the folds of your raiment.

Read about Robert Loggia here


Saturday 5 December 2015

William McIlvanney - d. December 5th 2015

Respect the word; it is just
as potent in the dark mouths 
of miners, barmaids, labourers
as those who ghost the plots of the future.





Wednesday 2 December 2015

Anthony Valentine - d. December 2nd 2015

Do you see him?
Watchful in the shadows,
below the searchlight,
uniformed and ghostly white,
or picking heaven's lock
then melting into the dark.

Read about Anthony Valentine here