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Born in Skipton raised in the village of addingham in wharfedale, moved to New Zealand for 36 years, now a resident of Perth Western Australia, i have 2 sons 3 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren..Sons were born in the uk, 2 grandchildren in New Zealand, 1 grandchild and 4 great grandchildren are true blue aussies.

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Blog Posted:2/27/2013 3:13:00 PM

OK NOT A BIG DEAL, BUT NOT BEING HERE AS MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE NOW,, WHEN I DO LOG ON, I LIKE TO GO THROUGH, AS MANY ASPECTS OF SOUP THAT I CAN,,, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, IN THE NEW POEMS SECTION,, I SEE AMAZINGLY HOW FEW PREMIUM AND LIFETIME MEMBERS, ARE POSTING::: RIGHT THIS VERY MINUTE 3PM U.S OR SOUP TIME , OUT OF 200 NEW POEMS LISTED, ONLY 30 BELONG TO MEMBERS, AND I HAVE SEEN IT AS LOW AS 16 OUT OF 200 NEWLY POSTED POEMS...HAS ANYONE ELSE OR DOES ANYONE ELSE SEE ANy SIGNIFICANTS, IN WHAT I'M SAYING...HARRY

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Elizabeth
Wesley

Date: 3/7/2013 7:51:00 AM

Hi Harry, How alert you are! :) Maybe there's some whose brains are tired and just can't produce as before. There comes a point when I feel I've said all there is to say and then I run out of steam except those odd moments when I am struck down with a stroke of brilliance which is almost overwhelming. The other thing is there are so many awful things happening in our world and I need to know which takes time. I wonder if you made a mistake leaving NZ; I never hear of anything disturbing the peace there. Hope you are well dear one and safe. Love, Lizzie P S I have to get my membership looked after which won't be till next month.

Mandy
Tams The Golden Girl

Date: 2/28/2013 12:42:00 PM

Hi harry,I was looking at he list last night and you are correct there are so many none pms posting which is fine but the annoying thing is that amount that a single poet posts (old chestnut I know) one posted over 30 yesterday and pushed some off the list so quick we don't get chance to see them, I know what Andy does but if it is pushed off the list it doesn't show in New By Poet list either. Maybe members are just busy at the moment and will be back posting soon, we can hope ...Is that lovely little boy you harry?xx

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 2/28/2013 3:09:00 PM

mandy, I don't understand what you are saying about being pushed off the other list as well. Everyone is totally equal on that other list and your name will scroll off more slowly. whether you post one poem or twenty, only ONE poem for each member will be shown on the list. But yes, it scrolls down fast!!!

Harry Horsman
Date: 2/28/2013 3:06:00 PM

Hi Mandy, thanks for comment, left an answer on Pd's below, would be the same answer..

Harry Horsman
Date: 2/28/2013 2:43:00 PM

Hi Mandy, no it is my eldest son Stephen..

John
Freeman

Date: 2/28/2013 11:48:00 AM

Nice to see your smiling voice again Harry, I'm busy elswhere at the moment, working on some other things, that the world is not ready for yet. ' smile' "The best to you dear friend. Agape, Moses

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 2/28/2013 7:24:00 AM

I totally agree with Chris, PD, Sara and others that just because one is Premium makes no difference in one's writing abilities. that goes without saying!! I really admire you guys that comment a lot to the non premium members. I used to do it, but I am very sociable and it is no fun for me if I cannot get to know the people I am commenting to. If I wanted to just read poems, I can do that anywhere online. I love this place for the social aspect and generally speaking, the premium members are more sociable. Of course, there are always exceptions. I know Soup has links to poetry forms we enjoy here so I will try to see more non premium members by using links to the forms I prefer!

Mandy Tams The Golden Girl
Date: 2/28/2013 12:35:00 PM

hey i'll talk to you lol xx

Poet Destroyer
A

Date: 2/27/2013 8:59:00 PM

Harry, hear I am to vent with you. Sometimes I view what poems or poets are out and about before I post A poem. If for some reason I notice a poet going POSTING CRAZY. I will not post my poem that day or moment. however last night one poet posting many many poems came in after my poem was posted. This certain poet posted over 20 poems another poet post over 10 poems this morning pushing my poem off the new poem list in less than a day. Anyways, I think I will try out Andrea, new technique. This happen to be an everyday problem, well it does come with a bright side. LOL, the brighter side of poets posting over 10 poems at once makes it easier to find poems to read. I read all poems, pm or non pm-er's. I mostly read non-pm-er's poems, I have a thing when it comes to sticking with my own. And somehow I consider myself a little poet still on the grow, SO somehow I fell extremely connected with the non-pm-er's than the PM' poets. Don't worry I have many PM poet friends, i follow dearly. I think this is something the soup will not remove. hey! they have a page encouraging the poets who post the most poems. and some of the greatest poets are on the very top of the list. good blog Harry, always ~ PD

Harry Horsman
Date: 2/28/2013 3:05:00 PM

We do have poets posting crazily, but is it encouraged by the powers to be, future premium members? as chris says, and i entirely agree,site expansion, seems to be the primary driving force behind what we have today, P.D:: so is it a moral dilemma, i think it is, but then i was raise in a totally different environment.

Sara
Kendrick

Date: 2/27/2013 6:07:00 PM

There must be a great many of new people on who need to be encouraged and shown the fine art of poetic expression..Sara

Seren
Roberts

Date: 2/27/2013 5:20:00 PM

Hi Harry I am in mourning the fact that your not here as much, I have written a few lately, let me check if you have commented hmmmmmm. i am joking with you my friend, be good, be happy, be Harry ...Seren

Cyndi
Macmillan

Date: 2/27/2013 5:16:00 PM

Well, I can't speak for the other PM's, but I 'usually' only post my poems after 11 pm. I start writing my poem (I usually try for one a day) after I get my girl to sleep, anywhere from 8:30 -9:30 pm). I have posted as late as 1 am. It doesn't matter to me who posts and doesn't. Life intrudes. Creativity takes time. Some fab poets here only post one a month, and you can see the time and effort they put into that work, or, conversely, simply by getting out and living life, being with family, taking in culture, the time away from the craft has heightened it too art! Perhaps, they are the smarter one ;-) Me? I'm a poetry junkie. I need my daily fix. My dad did crosswords. I do ... sonnets. :D

Cyndi Macmillan
Date: 2/27/2013 5:17:00 PM

People on my side of the globe, may also be exhausted by this winter HELL. Enough already of the fricking snow. I want to waaaaaa. I know, I shouldn't complain. But walking in this crap is no fun. xox

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 2/27/2013 4:52:00 PM

I just read Joe's comment to you. harry, if you are trying to read new poems, NEVER. I reiterate, NEVER use the list called poems, new. Always go to Poems - NEW BY POET. That will resolve all your difficulties because the idiots who post a lot are not shown on that one. You can only be shown ONE time on that list and I love that one. (btw, CUTE bio pic)

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 2/27/2013 4:14:00 PM

(continued) Look how slowly some contests take to fill up. Again it's mainly the active members who are truly interested in being inspired by the judges' contests. I would comment more to the others but they don't seem to want to have anything to do with me. So I usually end up back with the people I am comfortable with , like you and my other friends. Of course, there are members here who are not premium and they are vERY active. I appreciate those poets here very much. We are small in number, Harry. I have noticed less activity here than usual. I hope more and more members will "get on board" and actively participate~it's the only real way to grow.

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 2/27/2013 4:11:00 PM

Harry, according to the home page, there are over 19,000 members here. I am sure a good chunk of them are inactive, but when you think of the number of premium members compared with that number, our premium number has to be very very small. I would guess for sure, we are fewer than 300 premium members. So statistically, you can expect to see a lot more of the other poets here compared with the number of premium members. I used to go to the lists of new poems and comment to EVERYbody. I did that on my first half year here at Soup. Over time I came to realize that it's mainly the premiums who make this a nice place. The premiums are the ones who comment, run contests, do blogs, etc.

Joe
Flach

Date: 2/27/2013 3:50:00 PM

I am not sure about a trend or anything, Harry - you may be right. But today's lists of poems was hijacked by a new member posting many, many, many poems. This is a topic that has been talked about before. You may have just picked the wrong day or days to take a look - or, then again - you may be onto something. Joe

Harry Horsman
Date: 2/28/2013 2:52:00 PM

Yes Joe, i do see that, and with the site being expanded constantly, one can imagine a newly posted poem going through the 200 list, in a couple of hours,,,

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Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
3/9/2023	Thwarted	Haiku	nature,
3/6/2023	Woopa Bank	Free verse	environment,nature,
3/6/2023	Nature's Worst	Haiku	nature,
2/24/2023	Cloudburst	Tanka	sensual,
2/22/2023	Centre of the Storm	Tanka	nature,
2/8/2023	From the Tower	Haibun	anger,angst,
2/6/2023	Balloon	Senryu	identity,
2/1/2023	Cemeterey	Tanka	devotion,
1/29/2023	Century-Twenty Two	Free verse	social,society,
1/25/2023	Season's End	Other	seasons,
1/25/2023	Musk	Senryu	deep,
1/24/2023	On Earth	Limerick	angst,
1/24/2023	Deb Hankins	Free verse	death,lost love,
1/20/2023	Metamorphois	Free verse	nature,
1/6/2023	A Date With Milton	Free verse	death of a friend,
1/2/2023	Moordibirdup	Free verse	care,
12/28/2022	Lmilton Hankins	Senryu	appreciation,dedication,
12/26/2022	Solstice	Haiku	nature,
12/11/2022	Life's Lottery	Haiku	people,
12/8/2022	Virus	Etheree	trust,truth,
12/4/2022	Colours In the Sky	Rhyme	sky,
11/25/2022	The Back Bone of the Dales	Haibun	tribute,
11/14/2022	Way Down Under	Quatrain	nature,
11/11/2022	Naked Exposure	Nonet	nature,
11/8/2022	Counting Syllables	Footle	fun,
11/7/2022	The Only Star For Me	Tanka	love,
11/5/2022	Raining Within	Tanka	sad love,
11/4/2022	Acoustics	Haiku	nature,
11/4/2022	Of This Year	Tanka	nonsense,
10/28/2022	Throw No Stones	Tanka	hate,
10/25/2022	Connie	Senryu	thanks,
10/21/2022	I Recall One Summer	Dizain	nature,remember,
10/19/2022	Sweeps Her Broom	Quintain (Sicilian)	care,
10/12/2022	Total Control	Limerick	environment,
10/3/2022	Silent Night	Monoku	silence,
9/27/2022	The Transformation	Haiku	nature,
9/20/2022	30th September	Sijo	birth,birthday,
9/12/2022	Copse	Haiku	nature,
9/8/2022	A Different Song	Free verse	nature,
9/3/2022	Ember	Free verse	senses,
9/1/2022	Harold Shipman	Free verse	abuse,death,
8/29/2022	Where the Streets Are Full of Pity	Haibun	addiction,sad,
8/18/2022	Hint of Change	Quatern	nature,
8/17/2022	Poetry Soup 2022	Name	writing,
8/15/2022	Missing You Elvis, Sun Records	Free verse	dedication,
8/14/2022	Hunter	Haiku	nature,
8/10/2022	Mother Earth	Haiku	nature,
8/7/2022	Just August	Tanka	nature,
8/4/2022	From My Prison Cell	Haibun	fate,hope,
7/30/2022	With You In Mind	Haibun	memory,
7/23/2022	Someone To Care	Haibun	angst,
7/16/2022	Breath	Senryu	friend,life,
7/13/2022	Flirting With Desire	Tanka	love,
7/10/2022	Thought It Was Love	Senryu	allusion,angst,
7/7/2022	Careless Love	Terza Rima	world,
7/5/2022	Easy Peasy	Senryu	power,
7/5/2022	Stick Or Twist	Senryu	power,
7/5/2022	An Open and Closed Case	Senryu	political,sad,
7/5/2022	Tied To Tradition	Free verse	irony,
6/29/2022	Manu Pango	Free verse	nature,
6/26/2022	Sun	Haiku	summer,
6/21/2022	All In a Day	Diminished Hexaverse	nature,uplifting,
6/14/2022	A Winter's Song	Haibun	nature,
6/14/2022	Leave the Children Alone	Free verse	children,
6/12/2022	Indulging	Free verse	memory,remember,
6/11/2022	Leaf	Verse	death,life,
6/9/2022	Once Upon An Alley	Free verse	angst,
6/5/2022	Mazy Mind	Monorhyme	muse,
6/3/2022	Red Alert	Nonet	war,
5/22/2022	Buckden	Free verse	nostalgia,
5/22/2022	Some Fell Upon Stoney Ground	Rhyme	abuse,destiny,sad,
5/19/2022	In Days of Old	Senryu	nostalgia,
5/16/2022	Through Her Fingertips	Free verse	joy,
5/12/2022	Work Smart	Monoku	encouraging,
5/7/2022	A Day In May	Rhyme	happy,river,
5/5/2022	Living To Die	Epitaph	angst,best friend,
5/5/2022	Nwo	Senryu	deep,
4/27/2022	Heinous	Rhyme	animal,death,
4/24/2022	Hogan's Heroes	Limerick	satire,
4/20/2022	Vicious Circle	Tanka	angst,time,
4/19/2022	Mirror Talk	Monoku	conflict,
4/10/2022	After the Nightmare	Free verse	feelings,international,
4/8/2022	Miracle Moment	Haiku	nature,
4/5/2022	Waiting For the Light	Haiku	nature,
3/31/2022	Spartans Bridge	Tanka	war,
3/20/2022	After the Drought	Haiku	joy,
3/9/2022	All Within a Night Shift	Free verse	adventure,appreciation,me
3/2/2022	A Moment In March	Verse	angst,
2/28/2022	An Addingham Man	Rhyme	muse,remember,
2/23/2022	Precipitation	Ninette	rain,spring,
2/22/2022	Bad Bossman	Shadorma	power,
2/18/2022	Mirror Weaver	Etheree	creation,
2/13/2022	Flash of Colour	Senryu	color,sun,
2/4/2022	All Living Things	Senryu	beauty,creation,
2/3/2022	Sorry	Free verse	sorry,
2/1/2022	Autumn Rigmarole	Haiku	humorous,nature,
1/28/2022	In the Spotlight	Haiku	nature,
1/23/2022	Slipin' Away	Free verse	deep,
1/23/2022	A Figure of Speech	Free verse	bible,faith,
1/22/2022	Blast From the Past	Monoku	fun,giggle,

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Fav Poems

PoemTitle	Form	Categories
'uniquely You'	Free verse	introspection,life,
Plockton - Wester Ross	Rhyme	adventure,angst,death,fea
Virgin America	Free verse	adventure,allegory,animal
To Me True Love Is	Verse	love,romance,
How Do I Say Good-Bye?	I do not know?	death,father,loss,sad,hou
Gold Star	Narrative	childhood,war,war,star,bl
The War's Over!	Free verse	allegory,introspection,li
The Warp and the Weft	Couplet	inspirational,
Senior Moments	Rhyme	funnycar,
Simple Words For Simple People	Free verse	love,on writing and words
My Poems Are Children To Me	Free verse	poems,
Unconfined	Quintain (English)	lost love,
Thirtieth High School Reunion	Rhyme	funny,school,me,me,
Modern Marketing, a Sonnet	Sonnet	angst,men,
Sentinel of Strength	Rhyme	dedication,mother,women,
The Puppet Master	Dramatic Monologue	introspection,
Woman's Work	Sonnet	allegory,caregiving,dedic
Wisdom	I do not know?	life,
Broken Eyes	Rhyme	life,sad
In the Sun's Last Glow	Quintain (English)	heart,lost love,may,red,
'memories'	Free verse	confusion,life,love,
Leadership	Rhyme	on work and workingpeople
A Great Unease	Rondeau	life,me,
Itsy, Bitsy, Teenie, Weenie Brain	Lyric	funny,political
Dark Angel	Sonnet	angst,
Henry the Eighth	Narrative	historyme,age,age,body,me
The Devil In a Bottle	Verse	life,happy,dad,work,praye
Tapestry	Acrostic	life,mum,
Skin Deep	Rhyme	introspectionmen,
Harridan In a Housecoat	Quatern	people,children,father,da
White Lace	Sonnet	life,seasons
Missing Mom	Rhyme	daughter,loss,love,mother
No Greater Hero	Free verse	dedication,father,inspira
Morning In the Conway House	Couplet	life,me,morning,
Devils Deadly Dime	Dramatic Monologue	abuse,day,irony,judgement
The Green Eyed Lad	Quatrain	friendship,fun,green,long
Love Scattered	Free verse	love,sadlove,me,
Contract	Ballad	adventure,
5 W's	Quintain (English)	friendship,
Summer Restored	Haiku	nature
An Eagle's Prayer	Rhyme	faith,inspirational,visio
Time Unwinding	Free verse	imagination,inspirational
911 Aftermath Misguided Haters	Verse	fear,on work and working,
Wind Mutters Softly	Haiku	nature
Poet	Free verse	art,tribute,
What Easter Means To Me	Rhyme	faith,holidayheart,easter
How a Blue Rose Came To Be	Rhyme	death,imagination,love,ro
Not Gone Forever	Tanka	nature
I Pine	Free verse	nature,
Yesterdays People	Free verse	life,peopleautumn,
Pain	Ballad	adventure,
A Question of Faith	Etheree	faith,
Poets	Quatrain	confusion,funny,art,art,p
Snowdrops	Rhyme	nature,winter,winter,
Greed and Deceit	Free verse	angst,family,
Natural Born Dreamers	Dramatic Verse	baby,death,loss,me,sad,ti
Dementia	Rhyme	life,sympathy,life,life,
Taliban	Acrostic	angst,people,places,war,
Peer Pressure of the Worst	Couplet	fear,life,loss,war,
Modern Life	Rhyme	funny,life,car,me,work,wa
Occupy My Home	Dramatic Verse	introspection,
Bethlehem's Star	Free verse	faith,holiday,
Once Upon a Car Ride	Free verse	confusion,depression,fear
Morning Has Broken - 1	Quatrain	day,fantasy,fear,me,plane
Poetry	Tanka	on writing and words,
Morning Has Broken - 2	Quatrain	fantasy,
Autumn Reverie	Rhyme	nostalgia,autumn,flying,
A New Year	Rhyme	holiday,peace,peace,
And Now For Something Completely Different	Free verse	mystery,funeral,old,funer
Wishes and Dreams	Couplet	day,deep,dream,health,lif
Ruby Lips	Light Verse	love,passion,romance,love
As Lovers Go	Personification	nature,summer,sun,
Just Too Much	Rhyme	introspection,
Save the Last Dance For Me	Couplet	love,romantic,dance,night
Gift Exchange To Brian From Mandy	Couplet	friendship,poets,
Do You Remember	Sonnet	daffodils,friendship,
A Road Still Driven	Quatrain	inspirational,love,
Down For the Count	Rhyme	health,
Lest We Forget	Light Verse	goodbye,
Our Christmas Eve Dinner	Couplet	dad,humorous,mom,prayer,
Jungle War	Quatrain	history,war,home,home,
Taken	Rhyme	fear,grief,
Guns	Couplet	death,life,nice,nice,
The Flame	Rhyme	life,light,
Wishful	Dramatic Monologue	inspirational,journey,lif
Woodland Path	Couplet	friendship,inspirational,
Eleven Words	Free verse	lifeold,tree,old,tree,
The Strange Marriage of Love and Pain	Personification	love,marriage,pain,
The Dart Chalker	Rhyme	humorous,sports,
Broadway Airs	Free verse	introspection,life,city,
No Tickee, No Washee	Quatrain	journey,life,old,old,
One Second Delay	Free verse	introspection,me,me,
Yesterday	Acrostic	boyfriend,
He Touched Me	Free verse	miracle,
Color Me Purple	Rhyme	emotions,
Sweep In Like a Summer Breeze	Lyric	husband,lost love,
Waves of Roosters' Songs	Rhyme	introspection,
We Don'T Need No Stinking Contests - Wrong	Couplet	irony,satire,words,
Dangerous Green	Rhyme	humor,
Cancer - Remembering What You Want To Forget	Free verse	cancer,remember,

Fav Poets

Poet	Country
Poet Destroyer A	United States	Read
Jan Allison	Isle Of Man	Read
Andrea Dietrich	United States	Read
Karen Anglesey	United States	Read
Phil Boy	United States	Read
Constance La France	Canada	Read
Sherifat Aduku	Nigeria	Read
Harry Horsman	Australia	Read
Mandy Tams The Golden Girl	United Kingdom	Read