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In the Shadow of You

To see an old man and his muse
Sad, yet one day vie; and not care,
In his pen an ode to Ted Hughes
His way to say, ‘to you I share’
For you and I did not fuse
It was you so apt; had the flair,
For I am kin one to the booze
The one to let go sod the prayer.
Oh the joy and the accolade
The pen and ink of our decade
For you did win. For me the shade.
An ace in professoriate
Now you lie in aureate
For you are the laureate!

© Harry J Horsman  2016

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Ovidiu Bocsa

Date: 8/12/2017 4:49:00 AM

Touching sonnet, applauds on net. Wonderful accolade of lovely decade. Near Full Moon And Little Frieda, I also stayed, enjoying Ted horses-verses running like golden shadows to make room to noble poet Harry Horsman: The Child Is Father To The Man. Best regards and thanks for kind visit.

Mandy Tams The Golden Girl

Date: 5/7/2016 6:04:00 AM

How you shine brightest among the stars congratulations Harry xx

Judy Ball

Date: 5/2/2016 12:26:00 AM

Well Done. A most touching piece. Thanks so much for your continued friendship. Was sick for a long time. Had surgery and then my puter died. Just got another one. God Bless, JB

Elaine George

Date: 4/29/2016 4:50:00 AM

Congratulations on your fine win in Funom's sonnet contest, Harry. You managed to tell a touching story with this difficult form. Elaine

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 4/28/2016 12:42:00 AM

Harry, Congratulations on your "FUNOM'S SONNET win." LINDA

Sara Kendrick

Date: 4/22/2016 6:11:00 PM

Harry, thanks so much for dropping by my page and reading my work about my mother's suicide..Well that is good contest entry..Reads like a winner to me..It seems kind of short but I guess the short words and less syllables per line makes a difference..Sara

Bl Devnath

Date: 4/22/2016 5:40:00 PM

Congrats on your win with this beautiful sonnet. Genius as always you are. Loved always, bl

Joseph May

Date: 4/21/2016 2:52:00 PM

Congrats on your win Harry

Jan Allison

Date: 4/21/2016 2:36:00 AM

Dropping back with my congrats Harry:-) hugs Jan xx

Dr. Upma A. Sharma

Date: 4/20/2016 10:52:00 PM

Congrats on ur awesome winning write harry..

Funom Makama

Date: 4/20/2016 12:44:00 PM

Congratulations on your win and thank you very much for giving this very fine entry. The contest had lots of wonderful entries and grading them was a hard nut to crack, nevertheless you came out tops.. Kudos to you and thank you so much once again.

Ravi Sathasivam

Date: 4/20/2016 3:53:00 AM

Great write. Well penned. Thanks for sharing it.

Nette Onclaud

Date: 4/19/2016 10:19:00 PM

this is a superb accolade for hughes, harry...written with such fervor and depth.. huggs

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 4/19/2016 7:03:00 AM

I am seeing a few of these about. Well done Harry, good luck in the contest.

Joseph May

Date: 4/18/2016 10:27:00 PM

Well penned Harry...great tribute...best wishes

Cherl Dunn

Date: 4/18/2016 9:31:00 PM

Dear Harry Horsemen Love the humor and sense of ages wisdom in this piece my friend well done, love the whole package that you've put forth in this imageinitive piece, great job, and thanks for your comments I'm flattered, cheri

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 4/18/2016 3:04:00 PM

did you figure out the word? I simply cannot see where you went wrong!!! You chose a unique topic for this. What a most difficult challenge, to think up something really worthwhile! I like how yours was about a laureate.