Category Archives: Writing

William Shakespeare As An Anomaly?

Posted on January 20, 2014 by terryhenry2014

This article was written as sort of a weekly column for the Jefferson Times on Thursday, March 3, 1983. I was a staff reporter at the time and my column was called “Just Common” after a local Ashe County, NC … Continue reading →

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Meditations on a trailer sitting in an open field.

Posted on February 14, 2011 by terryhenry2014

I was driving back from Raleigh on Sunday and having had time to allow my mind to rest (after two long walks in the wilderness areas around Cary with my wife) I saw a trailer sitting in a field
and wondered what it would be like to write about it. I mean really take the time to consider it and all its many ramifications, moods and moments. What follows is a poem in progress.

Meditations on a trailer sitting in an open field.   2.13.2011

My first thought …
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A Blast from the Past

Posted on April 29, 2007 by terryhenry2014

During my stint at Michigan State University in the early to mid seventies, I was officially enrolled and taking poetry classes from some of the best poets around. The picture above I took of a class taught by Diane Wakoski … Continue reading →

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The Rhythm of Life

Posted on March 1, 2007 by terryhenry2014

Today I took the day off paid work to do the unpaid stuff like working in the garden and cleaning up all the stuff that I somehow couldn’t fit into my schedule last fall. As I worked I rembered something … Continue reading →

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As The Days Wander Away

Posted on January 7, 2007 by terryhenry2014

As the days wander away—we wonder—with eyes wide open/half closedWhether we will make it or not to the next rest stop. Full of fuel we begin learning to driveas we travel the road—left, right—left, rightfirst gear, second and third. Overdrive … Continue reading →

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What Fog?

Posted on December 30, 2006 by terryhenry2014

As I sit before the computer this evening the words to a famous T.S. Eliot poem come to mind. It is actually the refrain to the Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. In it, the author takes flight on the … Continue reading →

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