Celebrity Death Haiku

Katherine Johnson

1918-2020

Hollywood's huzzah
For moon shot math too little
But not quite too late

--T. Morrow

 

Robert Conrad

1935-2020

Short guy with short fuse
Got wild in the Wild Wild West
Eyed Hawaiians

--Thomas Hudson

 

That a battery
On your shoulder or you
Just happy to see me?

--O'Cyrus

 

 

 

Kirk Douglas

1916-2020

Ragman’s son makes good
Became a living legend
Legends never die

—O’Cyrus

 

Chewed up scenery 
Onscreen like a starving man 
We ate it all up

—Thomas Hudson

 

At his best playing
Tortured souls; artists, soldiers,
Schemers and loners

—Ari Marshall