Otwituarist

Home of the Otwituaries - tweet-length poetic elegies for the departed, plus assorted poetry-related malarkey from Andy Jackson.

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An #Otwituary for actor #AnthonyHead

How exciting life was back then;
grand passions over dull coffee,
the turn of a spoon like the turn
of a card. Act out this charade,
this advert for love; no bitterness,
everything sweet and sugared.

[Otwituarist @Azjackson]

An #Otwituary for graphic novelist and film-maker #MarjaneSatrapi

I have mislaid the eyes I wore
when I was ten; eyes that
would widen at the sight
of death and revolution,
that would fill at the sight
of another person’s pain.
Let me read, and see again.

[Otwituarist @Azjackson]

#DoubleDactyl of the Week is black and white and Red all over...from Penny Campbell

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Transmission 48 from #ProjectAbeona is a 22nd century rejection of advances in a complex future from the imagination of Sultana Raza.

https://t.co/ar1BlWYDiD

[Otwituarist @Azjackson]

An #Otwituary for jazz giant #SonnyRollins

Every day’s a great day in Harlem,
but not today; the brownstones
are blue and cool kids improvise
solos from fragments of madness.
The Colossuem is full of noises,
but the Colossus has fallen.

[Otwituarist @Azjackson]

An #Otwituary for #TerryHutt, the ‘Union Jack Man’

Beware the royal walkabout;
the Union-Jacked of all trades,
stags in crusader tattoos and
scoundrels in ermine who would
steal your place in the queue,
your clothes, even your flag.

[Otwituarist @Azjackson]

An #Otwituary for travel journalist #JudithChalmers

I saw a ghost by the pool today,
like an exotic distant aunt, Chanel
sunglasses and sarong, tan lines
and blow wave, leafing through
Condé Nast, wishing she was here.

[Otwituarist @Azjackson]

@HorizonBlakes7

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An #Otwituary for #Blakes7 actor #MichaelKeating

Hail to the thief, master
of a craven art, surviving
on cowardice and repartee,
too afraid to play the hero,
too smart to play the fool.
No lock you cannot pick,
no plot you cannot unlock.

[Otwituarist @Azjackson]

An #Otwituary for #Blakes7 actor #MichaelKeating

Hail to the thief, master
of a craven art, surviving
on cowardice and repartee,
too afraid to play the hero,
too smart to play the fool.
No lock you cannot pick,
no plot you cannot unlock.

[Otwituarist @Azjackson]

An Otwituary for #DrHook’s #DennisLocorriere

I called the Seventies hotline
for some country-disco vibes.
Was that you that answered?
I hung up, and called again;
all I heard was the operator
saying 40 cents more
for the next
three
minutes…

[Otwituarist @Azjackson]

Transmission 47 from #ProjectAbeona comes from M Frost and focuses on the fragile ecosystem of long-distance spaceflight.

https://t.co/LbCGKSMY0j

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An #Otwituary for actor and TV presenter #AlanRothwell 

I come from the haunted generation,
spliced from short films, memories
too fragile now to ever screen again.
A kindly man spools the final reel,
lighting the darkness of every frame.

[Otwituarist @Azjackson]

Well it’s a marvellous night for a…#DoubleDactyl of the Week, from somebody or other.

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And so ,the final posting in our #OneDrop series celebrating all things #reggae. Number 25 is a final nod to Bob Marley from Jeff Dawson, plus we go back to the first stirrings of the Jamaican sound in the UK - Millie Small's 1964 smash My Boy Lollipop.

https://t.co/E9zLuvGZfb

[Otwituarist @Azjackson]

@MushtaqBilalPhD @i_spell_good_ @odavies9 To paraphrase Santayana, ‘Those who do not learn from the past are condemned to repeat it’. We want our coming generation to learn from the past to make a better future, surely?

[Otwituarist @Azjackson]

We're very near the end of the #OneDropPoetry series - No.24 is the penultimate posting. We celebrate a mixed bag of ska, dance styles and #reggae sauciness from Max Romeo, plus a poem from the great Stephen Watt.
https://t.co/tyFlkR6qVK

[Otwituarist @Azjackson]

#DoubleDactyl of the Week just keeps Rowling along…courtesy of Andrew Singer

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@NEUboots26

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#6 in the Art #SonnetChain (curated by Sophie Herxheimer and Nancy Campbell) is now live. The latest posting is a treat for the eyes and the soul from Chrissy Williams.

https://t.co/ooJvxeoedL

[Otwituarist @Azjackson]

#6 in the Art #SonnetChain (curated by Sophie Herxheimer and Nancy Campbell) is now live. The latest posting is a treat for the eyes and the soul from Chrissy Williams.

https://t.co/ooJvxeoedL

[Otwituarist @Azjackson]

And here’s a taste of what you might find…

https://t.co/y4Lv9ID489

[Otwituarist @Azjackson]

I have a new book of poetry out - Disco Biscuits! It’s been 5 years in the making…I hope you’ll buy a copy from

https://t.co/FbZR58IOEn