George Harrison (1943-2001) (Minor Planet 4149harrison) Poem by Sheena Blackhall

A Catholic mother with Irish roots
Babe in the womb with an Indian view
Sitars, tablas, tambura drum
Heard in a terraced house with outside loo

Pandit Ravi Shankar in Srinagar
On the tranquil Dal of cool Kashmir
Teaching the Sitar to a Liverpool man
Tuning its music to a Western ear

One tour of Europe, seven, UK,
Three in America, world celebrity
Club dates, radio, TV shows
Ashram of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Status brought horror and a knife attack
Forty stab wounds What price fame?
To the Quiet Beatle, the gardening man
Evil frequently stalks acclaim

Norwegian Wood- this Bird has Flown
Cancer claimed him, turned to ash
Given to the Ganges and Yanuma waves
Hare Krishna: All things must pass