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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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IT'S A SIMPLE FACT

Blog Posted by Harry Horsman: 3/30/2021 8:21:00 PM

It's a simple fact, yet so warm a feeling, when writing a comment on other poets work. I notice when posted it gives us the local (U.S) time. Regardless of the difference, my own time zone is 15 hours ahead here in Western Australia. I take on board the time of the other comments around the one i've just written. It is here where i get a warm feeling of belonging, that at this exact moment somewhere in the world, other poets on soup are doing the same as i am, that soup is bringing us altogether creates a picture in my mind, knowing i'm sat here at my desk in my room, i imagine if it is the same for everyone else, or maybe it is a completely different situation, would be nice to have feed back from everyone..

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Mandy
Tams The Golden Girl

Date: 4/10/2021 12:10:00 AM

wow, the world is so big yet this proves it is so small too. xx

Harry Horsman
Date: 4/11/2021 11:55:00 PM

So it is Mandy, thanks to technology. Lovely to see you again.

Anitha
Jayasankar

Date: 4/4/2021 10:58:00 AM

Hello Harry, am from India. Just now read your interesting blog. I was not seen often in Soup for some time now... Soup is a great community of poets, feeling good to meet some nice poetic friends here. Have a great blessed day and a happy Easter to you... ~ Ani

Harry Horsman
Date: 4/6/2021 8:48:00 AM

Lovely to hear from you, Ani, Being here in Western Australia, you will not be too far behind in time.

Connie
Pachecho

Date: 4/3/2021 12:08:00 PM

Greetings Harry, Aside from the nuances of time~ Of the poetry mountain we climb~ I like the different looks and chimes~ How each person's step unique and prime~ The view of those up-wordly, sublime~ So to those that still green as a lime~ The journey itself been the best rhyme~

Harry Horsman
Date: 4/3/2021 7:10:00 PM

Yes a wonderful journey Connie.

Suzanne
Delaney

Date: 4/2/2021 5:04:00 PM

Hello Harry: Poetrysoup is a great community and I have made some WONDERFUL friends here. It is such a privelige to have access to people’s writing- a great window on the world and to have the feedback from fellow writers is amazing. SUZ

Harry Horsman
Date: 4/2/2021 11:52:00 PM

Yes so true, Suz, Especially the delving into different cultures, where poetry can and does become a learning curve.

Brian
Strand

Date: 4/2/2021 3:03:00 AM

Not to be left out (Gary Sobers)this clip of the one &only ( well before white ball candyfloss cricket era) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KZUVL3SqqZo

Brian Strand
Date: 4/2/2021 5:24:00 AM

Ramadin&Valentine in the slow genre,WI 's Lock&Laker ..those were the days..Keith

Brian
Strand

Date: 4/2/2021 2:56:00 AM

Keith,Michael Holding(poetry in motion) was among the greatest fast bowlers as this clip shows (not too visually) perhaps the greatest fast bowling over of that genre...https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=loYyJllsj68

Brian Strand
Date: 4/2/2021 5:21:00 AM

One of the all-time greats ,no question,I see why your Dad made that compliment.

Brian
Strand

Date: 4/1/2021 8:43:00 AM

Harry,one thing I notice as a 'continuing contest 'sponsor is how entries thereto reflect the worldwide waking hours 'time' differential..I can almost set my clock by it !!! Mind you Harry these days ' day night cricket ' has changed this aspect somewhat for the better.

Brian Strand
Date: 4/1/2021 10:56:00 PM

Alec Bedser was my boyhood cricket hero Harry,years later in the 80s I met him,at a sponsor box lunch,at Lords.A dream come true....I remember Alec had very large hands,no wonder he was such a great test bowler ,different but a peer to Freddie

Harry Horsman
Date: 4/1/2021 9:43:00 PM

Keith i remember well the Windies team of the 50's, watch them in the 1960's at Eden Park Auckland.

Brian Strand
Date: 4/1/2021 7:00:00 PM

I do Harry,over 300 test wickets ,my brother-in-law (to be )was in the same RAF camp as Freddie during National Service.My principal to whom I was articled,was 'built ' just like Truman Yorkshire born but 'only' made it to their second eleven in pre war years.

Harry Horsman
Date: 4/1/2021 6:01:00 PM

So True, i wonder sometimes when entering a contest with my date here in Western Australia, the sponsor thinks i got a day ahead of myself being we so far in front. Also, Born a Yorkshire man cricket is in the blood. Fiery Freddie Truman i knew, when he lived in Skipton, Do you remember him?

Tom
Cunningham

Date: 4/1/2021 5:43:00 AM

The good thing about waking up at strange hours is you get to meet poets youve never seen before, have written many poems in the dead mans hour, ideas I went to bed with suddenly start bombarding me and as you know if you don't write it you lose it. And the beauty of being retired is you can go back to bed to have your second half of sleep. Having worked shifts in my career has screwed up my body clock. Tom

Harry Horsman
Date: 4/1/2021 6:06:00 PM

I sure can relate to your comment Tom, having worked what we called unsociable hours, for over fifty years of my life. And yes the effect is still relevant, where Poetry comes to me best at 4am in the morning, usually after a cup of coffee.

Suzette
Richards

Date: 3/31/2021 10:49:00 PM

Hi Harry, It is 7:45 am on April Fool's Day. The garden services woke me up 15 min ago here in SA ... Will write a bit later on when both eyes are open (still sipping my morning coffee). Thank goodness for autocorrect otherwise you would have been reading gibberish :))

Suzette Richards
Date: 4/6/2021 6:22:00 AM

Thanks, kind sir :))

Harry Horsman
Date: 4/1/2021 6:08:00 PM

You never write gibberish Sus, i've been checking out your poetry, i'll be back to comment soon.

Constance
La France

Date: 3/31/2021 8:23:00 PM

Hi Harry, it is 11:20 PM here in Ottawa, Canada, and I am just checking things before I go to bed for the night. I have met so many poetic friends here on the soup, not in person, but just as meaningful, I consider them friends and I am very happy to call you that too _Constance

Constance La France
Date: 4/3/2021 8:43:00 AM

Harry, that is what I say also that I have friends from all over the world both here on Poetry Soup and on Facebook, who I never met but communicate with often, sometimes daily _Constance

Harry Horsman
Date: 4/1/2021 6:18:00 PM

LOve to hear from you Constance, you are so special to many of us here, yes i often relay to folk here around me, that i have friends all over the world, and when watching the News stories, from all of these places gives me that special feeling of knowing someone there.

Daniel
Turner

Date: 3/31/2021 8:17:00 PM

hello harry. I tried to get to know as many folks as I could but then I was told my poetry was no longer relevant, that I was a has been, so now I just sorta check in every once in a while to read a few. i always did like reading your poems though. i hope all is well down under, mate.

L Milton Hankins
Date: 4/1/2021 4:07:00 PM

OMG, I can't believe someone on PS would have told you that, Daniel, but if you say so. I would completely ignore such rudeness and keep on doing what I am doing. True...I've read some dreadful doggerel on here, but I keep encouraging and know that one day that person will write something meaningful and memorable. We want you!!!!

Brian Strand
Date: 4/1/2021 11:19:00 AM

Turn the other cheek Danlel,you're a working part of this workshop, and so ,needed here.

Harry Horsman
Date: 3/31/2021 11:32:00 PM

Hi Daniel, i think so many of us have had to deal with abuse from time to time here on the site. Don't let one opinion chase you away, i for know you have many fans on soup. Myself included

Constance La France
Date: 3/31/2021 8:24:00 PM

Daniel what kind of person would say such a mean thing, never mind them, just write what you want _Constance

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 3/31/2021 6:16:00 PM

that is so nice. And we all look up at the same moon! But I guess not at the same time, haha!!! I have really enjoyed getting to know you here, Harry.

Harry Horsman
Date: 4/2/2021 2:37:00 AM

I've always cherished your support, Andrea.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 4/1/2021 5:03:00 PM

thanks, Harry. You are one of those Soupers whose every poem I believe I have read and commented to.

Harry Horsman
Date: 3/31/2021 7:30:00 PM

typo has not as

Harry Horsman
Date: 3/31/2021 7:26:00 PM

And you Andrea, and from the first time way back in 2011, your friendship as inspired me many many times.

Rob
Carmack

Date: 3/31/2021 5:16:00 PM

I live close to Baltimore, Maryland. I have enjoyed PS since joining in 2014. I like the complexity of the human condition and our relationships, be it in-person or online. I wish more members would participate in the blogs.

Harry Horsman
Date: 3/31/2021 7:33:00 PM

I struggle with modern technology Rob, but to know that someone somewhere on the planet is doing exactly on soup that i am, makes it all worth while.

Rob Carmack
Date: 3/31/2021 6:18:00 PM

Yes, even TBP. It would be nice if TBP chose not-so-nice targets and if they didn't delete evidence, but that is part of the game.

James Marshall
Goff

Date: 3/31/2021 2:16:00 PM

Truly, Harry! an oasis I much enjoy!

Harry Horsman
Date: 3/31/2021 7:35:00 PM

I also James, and the learning curves are of such value.

Robert
Lindley

Date: 3/31/2021 11:23:00 AM

I am within 15 miles of the Memphis TN. area. I post morning here, mid day here. night and after midnight here. That is because I wake so often. My sleep pattern is almost never eight straight hours. And yes, it is comforting to see and know that also- other poets are reading, writing and commenting at those same times. That others are engaged in the same pursuit and are blessed and very fine artists that also truly and deeply love poetry.. God bless..

Harry Horsman
Date: 3/31/2021 7:40:00 PM

Hi Robert, l am also a big fan of the true Rock 'n' Roll, which of course Memphis is the king, and all of the rockabilly, especially Carl Perkins, I nearly made an Elvis tour once only illness stopped me in my tracks..

Robert Lindley
Date: 3/31/2021 6:11:00 PM

Keith, I would love to meet a fellow poet from this site. Should you ever decide to visit Memphis, shoot me a soupmail here and I will give you my address. God bless..

Jan
Allison

Date: 3/31/2021 8:16:00 AM

Hi Harry, its 4.15pm on a glorious sunny day, I too am mindful of the time differences and prefer to post my one effort in the evening. although I do try and find a moment to read and comment at various times of the day:-) hugs Jan xx

Harry Horsman
Date: 3/31/2021 7:24:00 PM

I often think about you Jan, on that wonderful little island of yours.

Beryl
Edmonds

Date: 3/31/2021 7:59:00 AM

It’s 4:00 pm here in England on a beautiful sunny afternoon, the best day of the year so far. Sat in my lounge having a browse on the Soup.

Harry Horsman
Date: 3/31/2021 7:23:00 PM

Nice to know Belle,

Quoth
Theraven

Date: 3/30/2021 8:30:00 PM

Harry, Here in my room now. The best I have, between my two ears. -Richard

Harry Horsman
Date: 3/31/2021 5:32:00 AM

and it shows here on soup, with fine poetry, Richard

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