ME AND BOBBY McGEE by JANIS JOPLIN. Story by Mary Pomfret.
Each night of our five -night derailment, when the hot sun went down, we’d go and sit on the still-warm tracks with a crazed old railway fettler who had befriended us.
FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK by THE POGUES. Poem by Mary Pomfret.
Mary Pomfret writes a lyrical response to the song Fairytale Of New York in the wake of the death of Shane McGowan.
SATURDAY NIGHT by COLD CHISEL. Poem by Mary Pomfret.
Saturday night hot and dark/lonely widow sits outside/on front verandah no lights on
GIMME SHELTER by THE ROLLING STONES. Poem by Mary Pomfret.
It was cold there at the border/I shouted your name, bitter/winds blew strong.
PATHS THAT CROSS by PATTI SMITH. Poem by Mary Pomfret.
You called me from somewhere in the desert for 88 nights/When I was living somewhere by the sea