just a note to henry

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Re: just a note to henry

Post by vwalla » Wed Dec 03, 2014 8:07 pm

Matt
I really like that
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Re: just a note to henry

Post by manfredvijars » Wed Dec 03, 2014 8:41 pm

Gorgeous Matty ... I'll be reading that on air tonight (if you don't mind?)

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Re: just a note to henry

Post by Neville Briggs » Thu Dec 04, 2014 2:02 am

Henry ! thou shouldst be living at this hour:
Australia hath need of thee:

( apology to Wordsworth )

I suppose it depends on whether Australia was ever ready for the poet as prophet.
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Re: just a note to henry

Post by Bob Pacey » Thu Dec 04, 2014 5:06 am

Cracker of a poem Matt,


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Re: just a note to henry

Post by Heather » Thu Dec 04, 2014 7:06 am

Words for the soul to dance to......thanks Matt.

Heather :)

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Re: just a note to henry

Post by Neville Briggs » Thu Dec 04, 2014 8:06 am

:lol: Matt, I didn't mean a prophet as in predictions or fortune telling. Although Henry had a go at prediction with the marching feet that you mentioned, I think of a prophet more as a person who is able to hold up some sort of mirror to society and try and get them to see themselves as they are, do you reckon Henry fits into that idea. ;)
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Re: just a note to henry

Post by william williams » Thu Dec 04, 2014 8:20 am

she's good Matt ;) :) :D

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Re: just a note to henry

Post by David Campbell » Thu Dec 04, 2014 8:38 am

Beautifully written, Matt. (But fix "allot"..."a lot")

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Re: just a note to henry

Post by Maureen K Clifford » Thu Dec 04, 2014 9:19 am

Love it Matt - sharing it to our FB page to give it wider coverage for you - it is a great poem -well done
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Re: just a note to henry

Post by alongtimegone » Thu Dec 04, 2014 10:06 am

The young today have awesome. In my day we had humdinger and that's what I think of your poem Matt.
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